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: OVAL FLAT BOARD, COLOURS RED (OCHRE), BLACK AND WHITE (LIME) ARE FAINT WITH THE DETERIORATION OF BOARD, ESPECIALLY THE WHITE (LIME) COLOURED AREAS. BACK IS BLACKDESIGN. STYLIZED FACE, WITH EYES DRILLED THROUGH, FORMINGMAJOR PORTION OF DESIGN WITH STYLIZED LOWER BODY. MEMORIAL BOARD FOR REVERED ANCESTOR, HUNG OR PROPPED UP EN MASSE INSIDE MEN'S LONG HOUSES. CONTINUOUS RELIEF LINE FORMING SYMMETRICAL CURVILINEAR PATTERNS WITH CIRCLES. TECH.: TWO DIMENSIONAL LOW RELIEF CARVING WITH SUNK GROUND. RIDGED LINEAR FORMS PROVIDES RELIEF FORM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Panome, Era 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: E423702-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Board
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 90 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 26 cm
label: Unknown - Thickness
content: 1 cm