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Old Sepik Food Hook

  

Old Sepik Food Hook Puk puk

Papua New Guinea

Wood, shells

44 cm

This exceptional old piece from the Middle Sepik is well carved with inset shell eyes.

The weathered patina shows use and age.

Hooks like these are used to hang bilums containing food and sometimes babies.    

AUD$620 on steel mount