Suspension hook

Museum number:
11-37697
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1915
Description:
suspension hook, carved wood, perforation at top for insertion of hanging cord; carved face design on front surface of hook; two upraised prongs; suspended from ceiling beam; containers of food or other valuables hung from prongs to preserve them from pests
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
Suagup Village, April River Tributary, Upper Sepik River
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1977-1978 #50: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (April 11, 1978–June 7, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Suspension hook, accession number 11-37697, described as suspension hook, carved wood, perforation at top for insertion of hanging cord; carved face design on front surface of hook; two upraised prongs; suspended from ceiling beam; containers of food or other valuables hung from prongs to preserve them from pests

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