Ancestral Board (gope)
Kerewa Area, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea
20th century
Wood, natural pigments (red, white, and black)
Overall: 48 in. (121.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
990.54.27252
Geography/Culture
Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea
Period
20th century
Object Name
Personal Symbol
Classification
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art and Society in the Papuan Gulf of New Guinea, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 1-September 17, 2006.
Publication History
Robert L. Welsch, Virginia-Lee Webb, and Sebastian Haraha, Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: Art and Society in the Papuan Gulf of New Guinea, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2006, ill. p. 15.
Provenance
Acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1903-1983), Los Angeles, California, in the 1950s; to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; given to present collection, 1990.
Old Number
O0639
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