Hook Figure

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

CMA_.1963.553

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CMA_.1963.553

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2002

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2002

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

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Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Pacific; Melanesian; New Guinean; Papuan; Arambak

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Asian; Pacific; Melanesian; New Guinean; Papuan; Arambak

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, central Sepik River region, Arambak People, 20th Century

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Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, central Sepik River region, Arambak People, 20th Century

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Hook Figure

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Hook Figure

Title

false

Title Type:

Primary

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Primary

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

c. 1920-1930

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c. 1920-1930

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1920

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1920

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1930

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1930

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

painted wood and cowrie shell

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painted wood and cowrie shell

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Sculpture

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Sculpture

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

Overall: 207cm x 6.4cm

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Overall: 207cm x 6.4cm

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1963.553

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1963.553

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of Edgar A. Hahn

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Gift of Edgar A. Hahn

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html

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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

To the Arambak People, this abstract human figure represents the spirit of war and hunting. Stored in the men's ceremonial houses, such sculptures could not be viewed by women or children. Before hunting or headhunting expeditions, such figures were rubbed with special substances to induce possession by the spirit. The hook arching above the stylized face represents a feather. In the middle of the body is the heart, framed by crescent-shaped ribs. Below is the figure's calf.

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To the Arambak People, this abstract human figure represents the spirit of war and hunting. Stored in the men's ceremonial houses, such sculptures could not be viewed by women or children. Before hunting or headhunting expeditions, such figures were rubbed with special substances to induce possession by the spirit. The hook arching above the stylized face represents a feather. In the middle of the body is the heart, framed by crescent-shaped ribs. Below is the figure's calf.

Context

false

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