Iatmul Suspension hook, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guineasamban height 16in (40.7cm)ProvenanceFranco Ignazio Castelli Collection, Milan (1920-2002)Thence by descentGallery 43, Philip Goldman, London, acquired in 1971 Cornette De Saint Cyr, Brussels, 9 March 2015, Lot 6Lawrence Pebbles Collection, CaliforniaPublishedCarpenter, Edmund, Tradizione e creativita: Appunti si un convegno in L'Uomo e l'Arte, 1971, no. 3-4 page 45ExhibitedMilan, Creazione e tradizione tribale, Centro d'Arte Contemporanea e Primitiva l'Uomo e l'Arte, November - December 1971;Bergamo, Galleria Alessandra Castelli, Creativita Tribale Melanesia, December 1974, reproduced in exhibition catalogue, no. 114/21The carved hook with its upper part in the shape of an anthropomorphic head with eyes surrounded by concentric areas in relief, the lower part carved in the shape of an animal head with large teeth; varied light and dark brown patina with wear indicative of much age.