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Spirit board, Gope, 19th–early 20th century
Wood, pigment, with five bullet holes
114.5 cm (45 1/16 in.)

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected by Thomas Schultze-Westrum in 1966." (Catalog #464, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 162.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This gope was displayed in a shrine with human skulls in recesses above and pig skulls below. It was located on the right as one entered the great men's house (dubu weneh) in Kinomere village. It is shown in situ in two unpublished photographs by Frank Hurley, c. 1920s, though the bullet holes do not appear in these photographs. For the function and meaning of gope, see pl. 485." (Catalog #464, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 162.)

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