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: MEMORIAL BOARD FOR REVERED ANCESTOR, HUNG OR PROPPED UP EN MASSE INSIDE MEN'S LONG HOUSES. OBLONG BOARD WITH ROUNDED ENDS, CONVEX, IN GOOD CONDITION. FACE WITH SYMMETRICAL CURVILINEAR (LOOPED) MOTIFS. DENTATE EDGES TO SOME LINES. COLOURS ARE ORANGE BLACK AND WHITE. LARGE AREAS LEFT IN NATURAL TONE WITH MAINLY WHITE LINEAR DESIGNS WITH ENDS PAINTED BLACK AND WHITE AND ORANGE DOTS.EYES OF FACE HAVE HOLES. CIRCLES WITH SYMMETRICAL RADIAL BAND IN CONTINUOUS LINEAR FORM TECH.: TWO DIMENSIONAL, LOW RELIEF WITH SUNK GROUND, RIDGED LINES PROVIDE RELIEF FORM. ONE SIDE ONLY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gauri 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: E423711-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Board
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 155 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 37 cm
label: Unknown - Thickness
content: 2.5 cm