Ancestor board "gope" · Papua New Guinea - Humboldt Bay · ID: 3033513
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
collected in situ in 1930 by a Belgian missionary from Kortrijk, BelgiumK. F. H. Groenhuizen, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Size
H: 52,5 cm
H: 20.7 inch
Description
wood, red and black pigment, lancet-shaped, carved with raised linear ornaments, slightly dam., cracks, paint rubbed off;
each ritual board was named after an ancestor, and was said to have supernatural power.
The object Ancestor board “gope” with the object ID 3033513 was part of the auction 70th tribal art auction on September 8, 2012. The object with the lot number 48 achieved a sales price of EUR 700 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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