Ancient food hanging hook sculpture, decorated with a female figure standing on the hook like a bird on a branch, head slightly tilted. Probably Iatmul or Chambri, Eastern Sepik Province, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea Wood, old erosion and visible old missing arm, patina of use. H. 46 cm Provenance: - Collected by Pierre Langlois and Marcel Évrard in 1959-60 - Former collection of Marcel Évrard Exhibition and Publication : Oceania at the CRACAP (National Center of Research of Animation and Creation for the Plastic Arts) 1971, fig.11 of the catalog