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Object Number
983-30-70/5525
Display Title
Ancestral board
Descriptions
Object Description
Ancestral board, "gope". Wooden panel in form of long oval with point on one end, with carving and heavy white and orange pigmentation. Stylized human face at pointed end; rest of board ornamentation suggests body decoration?
Inventory Description
Wooden carving, ovate, zoomorphic carved and pigmented designs
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Papuan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Papuan gulf; urama delta; wowobo village
Materials
Wood, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 137 x 16.5 x 3.6 cm (53 15/16 x 6 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
983-30-70/5525 / G205 (on sticker)
Provenance
Donor
Evelyn A. J. Hall
(1983)
Donor
John A. Friede
(1983)
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