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Samban (suspension hook)

ca. 19th century

Culture: Sawos
Title: Samban (suspension hook)
Date: ca. 19th century
Object Type: Sculpture
Medium: Wood, shell, fiber
Dimensions: 39 3/8 x 27 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.
Credit Line: Gift of Marcia and John Friede in honor of Diane B. Wilsey and Harry S. Parker III
Accession Number: 2007.44.38

[Walter Randel, New York, after 1969]; [1]
Marcia and John Friede, Rye, New York, by 2005; [1]
Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2007.
[1] Friede et. al. 2005, p. 119. Randel began collecting art from New Guinea in 1969 (curatorial file, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
[2] Friede et. al. 2005, p. 119.
Friede, John et. al, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede vol. 2 (Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2005), pp. 119-120, no. 233.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Africa, Oceania, the Americas, and the Jolika Collection of New Guinea Art: Highlights From a Decade of Collecting (San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2009), p. 28.

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