Lot n° 304
Estimation :
600 - 800
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 1 300EUR
*SEPIK HOG - Lot 304
*SEPIK HOG
LATMUL LANGUAGE GROUP, CENTRAL SEPIK RIVER, PNG, MELANESIA.
Wood with a thick, crisp patina of soot and wear.
XlXth/XXth centuries.
67 x 10.5 x 4.5 cm.
Apparently from an old German collection.
Ex Bruce Frank, NY ;
Ex Daniel Vigne, Paris.
A powerful suspension hook carved with a stylized ancestor's head atop an elongated diamond-shaped body surmounting the hooks and terminating in a stylized crocodile head. The oval body is carved on both sides with a central motif of concentric circles and a zigzag band. This antique hook is carved in stone.
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