"Food Hook, Oceanic Art, Tribal Art, Oceania, Papua New Guinea"
Small carved food hook. The food hooks are hung from the logs forming the structure of the ceremonial huts in or under the house. Bilums (traditional papuans bags), woven baskets, and other containers containing food, weapons or traditional currencies are suspended. This helps to preserve food, fragile or savred objects from the vermin. Here the representation of an anthropozoomorph ancestor mid man/ mid bird. Wood and shells. Sold with a stand. Free shipping. 
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