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: ELLIPTICAL CONVEX BOARD, TAPERING TO THE TOP. HAS LENGTH 93 CM. WHICH HAD AN 12 CM. APPENDAGE OF WHICH APIECE HAS BROKEN OFF FROM BOARD. FACE FORMS MAJOR PORTION OF DESIGN AND HAS A RAISED NOSE IN RELIEF COMPARED TO REST OF DESIGN SURFACE. HOLES DRILLED THROUGH AT TOP (1) AND SIDES OF FACE ON BOARDER (2) AND THROUGH NOSE (1). BOARDER RIDGE OF FACE HAS SERRATED TRIANGULAR PATTERN (OVAL FORM). COLOURS ARE PINK, WHITE AND BLACK. SYMMETRICAL LOOPS ABOVE THE FACE (ELONGATED) AND BELOW IN SAME FORM-CONTINUOUS LINEAR RIDGES. BACK OF BOARD IS BLACK. MEMORIAL BOARD FOR REVERED ANCESTOR, HUNG OR PROPPED UP ON MASSE INSIDE MEN'S LONG HOUSES. FAIR CONDITION. TECH.: TWO DIMENSIONAL LOW RELIEF, RIDGED LINES PROVIDES RELIEF FORM. BLACK COLOUR CREATED BY CHARRING WITH FIRE. SUNK RELIEF.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Meagoma 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: E423703-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Board
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 105 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 31 cm
label: Unknown - Thickness
content: 2 cm