Carved wooden double hook for meat

Made:
1880-1930 in Papua New Guinea
Carved wooden double hook for meat, anchor shaped

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Carved wooden double hook for meat, anchor shaped
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Carved wooden double hook for meat, anchor shaped, decorated with dark shapes, from New Guinea, 1880-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A118039
Materials:
wood and fibre
type:
flesh hooks
credit:
Sothebys