Another great thing about field collecting was coming across ancient things that you would swear came from one area—like this suspension hook figure—that would seem Sawos or Middle Sepik River. But in reality this comes from the far southern Abelam area. It is pre-contact, stone-carved and must be a historical remnant from the people’s migration north from the Sepik several hundred years ago.
Another great thing about field collecting was coming across ancient things that you would swear came from one area—like this suspension hook figure—that would seem Sawos or Middle Sepik River. But in reality this comes from the far southern Abelam area. It is pre-contact, stone-carved and must be a historical remnant from the people’s migration north from the Sepik several hundred years ago.