Amboin PNG Cult Hook

A Papua New Guinea Yipwon cult hook from Amboin Village, Karawari River, East Sepik Province. Carved wooden figure standing in profile with dark painted finish, featuring a face above carved concentri

A Bahinemo Cult hook, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Of typical form, the hook made of characteristically very heavy wood (as authentic examples are supposed to be) of deeply concave form with

Papua New Guinea early hand-carved stylized ancestral cult hook spirit wood carving, Sepik River Provence. Wood carving mounted on a custom iron base. Natural pigment decoration throughout. Dimension:

Size: 116'' x 6.5'' x 14'' (295 x 17 x 36 cm). Cult hook. Wanleg or Kamangabbi. Blackwater Lakes, Karowari River. Carved wood, pigment. Source: Purchased by Clara Bingham from Pacific Gallery in Port

KANGANAMAN, SEPIK RIVER REGION, P.N.G. CARVED FEMALE HOOK. HEIGHT 31"

Large Sacred House Food Hook Figure 136 Cm Sepik Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 136 cm Beautiful type of food hook, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks

Old Authentic Food Hook Sepik Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 62 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks, are

Old food hook - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea 1970's Wood 60 cm This type of food hooks , often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks, are carved and dec

Old ancestor Food Hook - Sepik Papua New Guinea 1950 Wood 59 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks, are carved and

Large Sacred house food hook figure 82 cm - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea 1970 Wood 90 cm Beautiful type of food hook, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspens

Origin: Papua New Guinea Date: Mid 20th century Materials: Wood Size: 37 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks, ar

Old authentic food hook - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 62 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks,

Old authentic food hook - SEPIK - Papua New Guinea Mid 20th century Wood 62 cm This type of food hooks, often described by anthropologists and collectors as cult hooks, food hooks or suspension hooks,

A large Papua New Guinea food hook from Kandangai Village, Sepik River, East Sepik Province. Carved wooden figure with dark painted finish, featuring a standing male with inset spiral carved shell eye

Fine Sepik River 6-Prong Skull Hook, Papua New Guinea, 19th Century. On metal stand. Provenance: Private Collection of Shirley and David Rowen, Beverly Hills, California. Size: 35'' x 9'' x 7'' (89 x

New Guinea Chambri Lakes Janus Face Food Suspension Hook, Carved wood and pigment. Size: 18.25'' x 9'' x 4'' (46 x 23 x 10 cm). Height on stand: 20" (51 cm).

6 PNG Gable Hooks. Oceania. Carved wood. Largest size: 33.25'' x 10.5'' x 2.25'' (84 x 27 x 6 cm). Provenance: ex New York private ethnographic arts collection. Note: This is a NO RESERVE auction. Bid

PNG Gable Hook. Carved wood and pigment. Mid 20th c. Size: 57'' x 20.5'' x 6'' (145 x 52 x 15 cm).

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a carved wood "food hook", that is guaranteed not a tourist piece! A (female?) figure, painted red with cream and blac

Carved "Minja" Cult Figure, Kwoma People, Washkuk Hills, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, 19th/20th century. Carved bark. On stand. Such carvings were believed to promote the growth of yams and were use

2 Sepik River Carved Wood Hook Figures, PNG. Size: 1) 37.5'' x 12.5'' x 2.5'' (95 x 32 x 6 cm); 2) 44'' x 4'' x 1.25'' (112 x 10 x 3 cm).

An intricately carved wood Suspension Hook used in ceremonial houses. Sepik River, PNG, The suspension hook is a carved female, with a large head, shell eyes, holding finely carved implement. Nicely d

Letters from My Father (Workshop Press, signed and dated 1991); Objects and Images from the Cult of the Hook (Workshop Press 1996); Sampler 1967 - 1990 (Workshop Press 1990)

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, Iatmul people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved female ancestral figure basket hook with an anchor form at the base for suspending b