Ancestral Board "Gope"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Thomas Schultz-Westrum
label: Donor Name
content: Evelyn J. Hall
notes: label: Notes
content: BOARD HAS TWIST FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF EACH END. SHAPE IS OBLONG WITH ROUNDED ENDS, BEING WIDER AT THE TOP.FACE WITH STYLIZED BODY OF CONTINUOUS LINEAR FORM WITH ISOLATED LINEAR FORMS AT THE TOP AND NOSE CIRCLES SLIGHTLYRAISED. TWO SQUARE HOLES PIERCED, ON SIDES OF BODY ON EDGE WITH CIRCLES COLOURS, WHITE AND RED (PAINT) WITH BLACK BACK WEATHERED CONDITON. MEMORIAL BOARD FOR REVERED ANCESTOR, HUNG UP. PROPPED UP EN MASSE INSIDE MEN'S LONG HOUSES. TECH.: TWO DIMENSIONAL LOW RELIEF, RIDGE LINES PROVIDES RELIEF FORM WITH SUNK GROUND BACKGROUND.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ubuo Village, Gope Area, New Guinea / Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358974
label: USNM Number
content: E423707-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Board
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 83 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 17.5 cm
label: Unknown - Thickness
content: 2.5 cm