Small spirit board "gope" · Papua New Guinea - Golf, Elema · ID: 3041447
Richard Aldridge, Perth, Australia
Description
wood, brown patina, red and white pigment, lancet-shaped, the face of an ancestor spirit in the centre, jagged pattern around rim, drilled hole for suspension, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage, abrasion of paint, base;
such small unnamed “gope” boards belonged to boys and young initiates; they were hung in their cubicles for protection, to help growth and to ward off sickness. They lost their potency at initiation.
L’objet Small spirit board “gope” avec l’ID d’objet 3041447 a fait partie de l’enchère 84th Tribal Art Auction en 5 novembre 2016 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 21.
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Littérature comparée
Hamson, Michael, Red Eye of the Sun, Los Angeles 2010, p. 42