< Previous East Sepik Province Next >

Suspension hook
East Sepik Province
early 20th century
Wood, red and white pigment
H. 86 cm
TC 371

"Hooks of this style were developed by the peoples of the [Korewori] and Krosmeri rivers than traded to the people of the Middle Sepik region, and they are therefore found over a relatively widespread area." (Wardwell 1994:64)

Provenance:
David Rosenthal, San Francisco 2006
Michael Hamson, California
Sotheby's New York, May 17, 2002 (lot 305)
Masco Collection, Detroit
Wayne Heathcote, New York
Gene van Grecken, Sydney
E.J. Wauchope, Sydney 1938

Publishing History:
Allen Wardwell. Island Ancestors. Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection. Detroit. University of Washington Press in association with the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1994: 64-65 (figure 18).

Exhibition History:
Island Ancestors. Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection; The Kimbell Museum, Texas; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii; Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh 1994-1996