Furniture & Works of Art - 11th October 2011

Lot 567

A Sepik River basket hook

Estimate £300 - £400

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Description

A Sepik River basket hook, New Guinea, carved wood with polychrome highlights, modelled as ancestral head head with cowrie shell eyes, stylized crocodile and head hook, suspension loop to the reverse, 23in (58.5cm) h.