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: NARROW OBLONG BOARD, CONVEX. MEMORIAL BOARD FOR REVERED ANCESTOR, HUNG OR PROPPED UP EN MASSE INSIDE MEN'SLONG HOUSES. DESIGN OF FACE NEAR TOP, SYMMETRICAL CURVILINEAR MOTIFS FOLLOWING LENGTH OF BOARD. DOUBLE LINEAR BAND IN REFLECTIVE ROTATIONAL BAND BELOW FACE. TECH.: TWO DIMENSIONAL LOW RELIEF WITH SUNK GROUND, LINEAR RIDGES PROVIDE RELIEF FORM. ONE SIDE ONLY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Maitai Village, Wapo Creek, 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: E423713-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Board
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 135 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13.5 cm
label: Unknown - Thickness
content: 0.7 cm