Hook Figure (Yipwon)
Arts of the Pacific Islands
MEDIUM
Wood
DATES
early 20th century
DIMENSIONS
104 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 12 in. (266.1 x 7 x 30.5 cm)
ACCESSION NUMBER
86.229.14
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Marcia and John Friede and Mrs. Melville W. Hall
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Object in 2 parts. Sectioned. Assembled with a mount to support it, three pins register the two halves.
Yipwon hunting spirit figure. Highly abstract anthropomorphic figure in profile. Concentric rib elements above and below umbilicus. Large head with strong jawline. Striated surface texture and attenuated forms due to weathering and erosion. Missing rib from lower section.
Condition: Fair. Very dry, weathered and eroded. Tip of topmost arching element has broken off recently.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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