Spirit board "gope" · Papua New Guinea - Golf, Purari Delta · ID: 3040683
Description
wood, brown patina, remains of red and white pigment, carved in flat relief with the face of an ancestor spirit in the centre, holes on either side, old collection number “M 173” backside, slightly dam., missing parts (left lower rim), abrasion of paint, base;
it was recounted that spirit boards were carried in male initiation with young boys holding onto strings attached to the holes on each side of the board. And carried in the black of the night, the procession of boards and initiates was lit by small torches placed in holes at the top of the board.
L’objet Spirit board “gope” avec l’ID d’objet 3040683 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 83rd Tribal Art Auction dans 28 mai 2016 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 79 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 400 €.
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Littérature comparée
Hamson, Michael, Red Eye of the Sun, Los Angeles 2010, p. 34
Publications
Galerie Flak (ed.), Rites et formes de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée, Paris, France, p. 92