Suspension Hook
- Culture
- Middle Sepik artist
- Material
- Wood, cowrie shells
- associated with
- Papua New Guinea, Oceania
- Classification
- Sculpture, tools & equipment
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- height: 19 11/16 in. (50 cm)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 1422:1983
Provenance
by 1974 - 1983
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, USA [1]
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] Morton D. May lent this object to the Saint Louis Art Museum in 1974 [loan number 1974.1545].
[2] Last Will and Testament of M. D. May dated June 11, 1982 [copy, May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1983.
Morton D. May (1914–1983), St. Louis, MO, USA [1]
1983 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] Morton D. May lent this object to the Saint Louis Art Museum in 1974 [loan number 1974.1545].
[2] Last Will and Testament of M. D. May dated June 11, 1982 [copy, May Archives, Saint Louis Art Museum]. Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 20, 1983.
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