Skull hook (agiba)
20th century
Object PlacePapuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Medium/TechniqueWood, pigment
DimensionsLegacy: 35 in.
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.127
On View
Not on viewClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1973, acquired from a private collection, Netherlands, by the Galerie Alain Schoffel, Paris; November 26, 1973, sold by Schoffel to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
20th century
20th century
Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
mid to late 20th century
mid 20th century
20th century
mid to late 20th century
20th century