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Female suspension hook, C-14 dating: 1330–1470 (95.4% probability)
Wood, traces of pigment (both ends of the curved hook are missing)
103 x 36 x 10 cm (40 9/16 x 14 3/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.114

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "The pectoral carvings below the breasts of the figure incorporate deep perforations, which are found on other early Iatmul and Sawos carvings. See the Mindimbit drum, pl. 180. this hook is said to be the consort of Manggesaun, a male hook figure portraying an important culture hero. See Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery, 1974: 111. (It would be interesting to obtain a Carbon-14 reading on that object.) Douglas Newton believed that our suspension hook and certain other early Iatmul religious objects actually originated with the Sawos people, which he believed were the progenitors of the Iatmul. The discovery that this object is more than 500 years old suggests that there is still much to learn about ancient Sepik origins and migration patterns." (Catalog #153, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 107.)

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