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: ELLIPTICAL BOARD WITH CONVEX BACK IN GOOD CONDITION WITH COLOURS STILL BRIGHT. RAISED RIDGES ARE CHARRED-COLOURED, WHILE SUNK-GROUND SURFACE IS PAINTED ORANGE WHICH IS BACKGROUND COLOUR AND WHITE. FACE WITH STYLIZED FIGURE, ISOLATED LINEAR FORMS OF CIRCLES WITH BANDS IN ROTATIONAL SYMMETRY. CENTRAL FIGURE HAS SUNK-RELIEF AREA IN LOWER PORTION TRIANGLES. TOP OF BOARD HAS STRAIGHT EDGE AND HAS A RAISED EDGE BORDER. ORANGE - OCHRE; WHITE - LIME. COLOURS ARE ISOLATED BY RIDGES OR WITHIN RIDGED FORMS - CONTINUES LINEAR RIDGES. TOP HAS STRAIGHT EDGE, BOTTOM ROUNDED. MEMORIAL BOARD FOR REVERED ANCESTOR, HUNG OR PROPPED UP EN MASSE INSIDE MAN'S LONG HOUSES. TECH.: TWO DIMENSIONAL LOW RELIEF OF RIDGED LINES PROVIDES RELIEF FORM. LIGHT CHARRING OF SURFACE PROVIDE DARKER COLOUR SHADE (BLACK). COLOURS - ORANGE WHILE SUNK RELIEF.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gipi 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: E423704-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Board
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 99.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23.5 cm
label: Unknown - Thickness
content: 2 cm
label: Unknown - Thickness
content: 3 cm