Small ancestor board "gope"
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Urama Island, Port Moresby (?)
Vendu
1 000 €
Provenance
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, FranceTaille
H: 42,5 cm
H: 16.7 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, the front side intricately carved with curvilinear undulating designs depicting an ancestral spirit, white pigment rubbed into the deepenings, collection number handwritten on the backside “AJP 982”, drilled hole on top, slightly dam., minor missing part at the rim, base