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Spirit board, Gope , 19th–early 20th century
Wood, pigment
120 x 34 x 9 cm (47 1/4 x 13 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.26

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected by Thomas Schultze-Westrum in 1966." (Catalog #463, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 162.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This artist has created a uniquely dynamic image in which the substance of the human figure seems to jump to the other side of the line, from one color to the otherr. For the function and meaning of gope, see pl. 458." (Catalog #463, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 162.)

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