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. OVAL, WEATHERED BOARD (FLAT) WITH SECTION MISSING ON THE RIGHT, CUT EDGE AND SECTION OF BACK HAS CHARRED APPEARANCE. POOR CONDITION, INSECT AND WEATHERING EFFECTS (DRY ROT) LOBE ON REMAINING SIDE BY FACE. CENTRAL FIGURE IS FACE WITH RAISED NOSE AND DIAMOND, CHEVRON MOTIFS. PIERCED DIAMOND HOLE AT TOP FOR SUSPENSION AND REMAINING PAINT IS PATCHY. COLOURS, RED AND WHITE AND CHARRED RIDGES. TECH.: TWO DIMENSIONAL LOW RELIEF WITH SUNK GROUND LINEAR RIDGES PROVIDE RELIEF FORM. ONE SIDE ONLY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Old Kiwaumai 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: E423715-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Board
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 119.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 19.5 cm
label: Unknown - Thickness
content: 1.5 cm