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Suspension hook, C-14 dating: 1640–1820 (92.5% probability)
Wood, pigment
127 x 20.3 x 15.2 cm (50 x 8 x 6 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.259

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Pierre Loeb Collection, Paris; Henri Kamer Collection, Paris; Bernard Lucas Collection, Paris." (Catalog #278, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 127.) EXHIBITIONS: 1971 - Art Institute of Chicago, 1971, "Art of the Sepik River." 1957 - Cannes, 1957, "Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie." N.D. - Galerie Kamer, Paris, n.d. "Qualité" PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "The cockatoo is probably a clan totemic animal. Note also the small cockatoo in profile at the neck and the hooks at the bottom, which take the form of a bird, perhaps a cormorant." (Catalog #278, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 127.) 1971 - Wardwell, 1971, fig. 133. 1957 - Cannes, 1957, no. 320. N.D. - Galerie Kamer, n.d., no. 68.

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