Hook Figure (Yipwon)

Medium: Wood

Geograhical Locations:

• Karawari River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Dates:early 20th century

Dimensions: 104 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 12 in. (266.1 x 7 x 30.5 cm)

Collections:

• Arts of the Pacific Islands

Accession Number: 86.229.14

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.

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