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Spirit board, Gope, 19th–early 20th century
Wood, pigment
79 cm (31 1/8 in.)

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected by Thomas Schultze-Westrum in 1966." (Catalog #469, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 163.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This gope was part of a skull shrine (awae) named Paiadai, which had been displayed in a ceremonial house in Omaumere village (Schultze-Westrum, 1972, text to pl. 47). For the function and meaning of gope, see pl. 458." (Catalog #469, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 163.) 1972 - Schultze-Westrum, 1972, fig. 47.

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