Pig hook gegep

This type of hook was used to capture wild pigs (cf Hamson and Aldridge 2009, pages 154 -157).
It was carved from a wood called birbiri.
Magical incantations were used in its manufacture to promote capture.
On Gawa and Kitava islands, a two-metre-high, fifteen-metre-long net was placed across an access path.
It was held at each end to bushes with these wooden hooks.
The inhabitants of Gawa and Kitava are the only ones known to have used this type of hook.
The hat worn by the figure is identical to the one found on some lime spatulas carved on Gawa, suggesting that this piece originated on this island.