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Object Number
983-30-70/5526
Display Title
Ancestral board
Descriptions
Object Description
Ancestral board, "gope". Wooden panel shaped like arrowpoint, with carving and heavy white with traces of red pigmentation. Central face with prominent nose dominates board, surrounded by geometic pattern.
Inventory Description
Carved wood, arrow shaped, broken, carved and pigmented face design
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: 110 x 30.6 x 5.4 cm (43 5/16 x 12 1/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
983-30-70/5526 / P31
Provenance
Donor
Evelyn A. J. Hall
(1983)
Donor
John A. Friede
(1983)
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