Ancestor board "gope"
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Baie de Humboldt
Vendu
700 €
Provenance
collected in situ in 1930 by a Belgian missionary from Kortrijk, BelgiumK. F. H. Groenhuizen, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Taille
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.