Hook

Description

Hook of light brown wood with barb forming an acute angle with the shank, the lower extremity of which is carved as a human head: Melanesia, New Guinea, Trobriand Islands

Museum reference

A.1953.181

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Hook

Production information

Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Light brown wood