African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 908
A Romkun ancestor hook figure
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £320
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Description
A Romkun ancestor hook figure
Ramu River, Papua New Guinea
91.5cm high,
and a Middle Sepik suspension hook, with inset cowrie shell eyes with fibre and pigment, 52.5cm high. (2)
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.
The figure collected in 1977 and the hook in 1975.