Lot Essay
The curved form of this gope board almost certainly derives from the curved side of a canoe from which the timber would have been taken and re-used
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GOPE, TITUHUI VILLAGE, WAPO CREEK
Details
a fine papuan gulf ancestor board
gope, Tituhui village, Wapo Creek
Of curved oval form, a carved mask to the top within rayed whitened ornament, stylised body below, asymmetrical geometric ornament about the boder, painted in black, white and reddish brown
168cm. high
gope, Tituhui village, Wapo Creek
Of curved oval form, a carved mask to the top within rayed whitened ornament, stylised body below, asymmetrical geometric ornament about the boder, painted in black, white and reddish brown
168cm. high
Provenance
Thomas Schulte-Westrum