Spirit Food Hook Ancestral Figure, Papua New Guinea Art Antique Decoration

Beautiful Cult Food hook in Brown colour with paintings, shells. These hooks are used to hang food from the rafters and thereby keep it out of reach of vermin.

Some single pronged, some multi-pronged, they occasionally have woven hats over them as an added deterrence to vermin. Symbolize the spirits of war and hunting in connection with the ancestors. Any artifact from Papua New Guinea, whether it be a bone dagger or an intricately carved spirit figure, still fairly accurately. Symbolizes a living part of the cultural background from which it originates.

Height: 104 cm (41 inches). Width: 36 cm (14,2 inches). Food Spirit Hook is a part of our collection of Papua New Guinea Art, acquired by collector. In Papua New Guinea in the 1960s. The item "Spirit Food Hook Ancestral Figure, Papua New Guinea Art Antique Decoration" is in sale since Wednesday, January 8, 2020. This item is in the category "Antiques\Ethnographic\Pacific Islands & Oceania". The seller is "ashantegirl" and is located in Bratislava. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Style: Pacific Islands & Oceania
Material: Wood, natural paint, shells, rope,
Original/Reproduction: Original
Color: Brown