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: FACE WITH SYMMETRICAL PATTERNS. CURVILINEAR (DOUBLE LOOP). NOSE OF FACE IS RAISED ABOVE RIDGES. ELLIPTICAL CONVEX BOARD, IN WEATHERED STATE. WHITE AND RED PAINT, COLOURS ISOLATED BY RIDGES TOP OF RIDGES AND BACKED CHARRED FOR COLOUR. MEMORIAL BOARD FROM REVERED ANCESTOR, HUNG OR PROPPED UP EN MASSE INSIDE MEN'S LONG HOUSES. TECH.: TWO DIMENSIONAL LOW RELIEF (SHALLOW) RIDGED LINES PROVIDES RELIEF FORM. ONE SIDE ONLY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Wowobo Village, Gope Area (Inland), 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: E423710-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Board
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 155 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 29.5 cm
label: Unknown - Thickness
content: 3 cm