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Female suspension hook, C-14 dating: 1410–1500 (93.6% probability)
Wood, cowrie shell, plaitwork, pigment
91 x 25 x 15 cm (35 13/16 x 9 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Gift of Marcia and John Friede 2006.73.2

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This figure has extraordinary presence and aggressive power. I know only one other cult figure which has separate hooks attached to the feet. It is in the Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand, and is published in Kaeppler, Kaufmann, and Newton, 1993, no. 595. As I have stated elsewhere, these Carbon-14 readings clearly call for a broader dating project, including museum pieces, to reveal more information about early Sepik history." (Catalog #232, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 119.)

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hook suspension Female Friede John Marcia Gift Art Jolika people Sawos Oceania Province Sepik East Guinea New Sculpture pigment plaitwork shell cowrie Wood 0709200406050479 A361035 2006.73.2 AOA