Ancestor spirit board "gope" ·  Papua-Neuguinea - April River, Bitara · ID: 3040146

Description

wood, brown paint, remains of red ocre, lime, carved with a spirit face above a series of stacked undulating motifs, raised sun- and “bipane” motifs, slightly dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (above all backside and on the upper rim), metal base

The object Ancestor spirit board “gope” with the object ID 3040146 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 39 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.

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Publications

Galerie Flak (ed.), Rites et Formes de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée, Paris 2009, p. 93