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: UPPER PORTION IS HALF OVAL AND LOWER IS BIRD TAILBOARD IN POOR STATE. FACE OF CONTINUOUS LINEAR LINES WITHISOLATED LINEAR FORMS ENCOMPASSING CIRCLES. EYES AND MOUTH ARE PIERCED, WITH PIERCED CIRCLES AT TOP AND BOTH SIDES OF MID-SECTION AND CORNERS OF 1/2 OVAL SECTION WHICH ARE RECTANGULAR IN FORM. MID-SECTION HOLES ARE ENCOMPASSED BY CRESCENT SHAPES. BORDER EDGES IN RELIEF. SUNK GROUND PAINTED BOTH RED AND WHITE IN ISOLATED UNITS, RAISED AREAS ARE BLACK AS WELL AS BLACK SURFACE. MEMORIAL BOARD FOR REVERED ANCESTER, HUNG UP AS PROPPED UP EN MASSE INSIDE MEN'S LONG HOUSES. TECH.: TWO DIMENSIONAL LOW RELIEF, RIDGE LINES WITH SUNK GROUND PROVIDES RELIEF FORM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Omaumere Village, Urama Island, 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: E423708-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Board
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 77 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 24.5 cm
label: Unknown - Thickness
content: 2 cm