Hook Figure from Papua New Guinea

A Hook Figure (yipwon), Upper Karawari River, Papua New Guinea,…
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A Hook Figure (yipwon), Upper Karawari River, Papua New Guinea, (early twentieth century), carved wood, 19.5 cm. Provenance: Wayne Heathcote, Sydney. Acquired from above by Dr Peter Elliott, in the 1960s

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