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Hook

Hook
 (20th century)

Medium
wood, pigment
Measurements
32.0 × 49.0 × 31.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
Timbunke village, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea; Timbunke, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
D62-1971
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1965
© the artists
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
A long wooden fish hook with divided tail, mouth, gill marks, carved round the eyes and three barbs, one from the spine behind the head and two on either sides of the head below the eyes.