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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 view
ClassificationsRitual objects
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)
Ceremonial Axe (o kono or bulaibi bunbut)
Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
mid to late 20th century
Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
19th–20th century
mid 20th century
Artist unidentified, Melanesian
late 19th century
Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
19th–20th century
Mask
mid to late 20th century
Suspension hook
20th century