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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  The Todd Barlin Collection of Fine Oceanic & Asian Arts
• Sale Date:
  08 May 2016 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  307
• Lot Description:
  Basket Hook, Coastal Sepik
  basket hooks were carved with ancestor figures, hung from the inside of the house ceiling by a rope and then string bags with food were hung from the basket hooks, thus preventing rats or mice from being able to steal or spoil food. The traditional basket hook with central ancestor figure and four hooks has traces of red ochre, finely incised designs on the back of the figures shoulders and the base of the hook .
  43 cm
• Provenance:
  Todd Barlin Collection.
• Estimate:
  A$800 - 1,200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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