Gope

human history

Ancestor board of pointed ovoid shape. anthropomorphic face design on one side. Painted with red ochre and coraline lime. Suspension holes at each side one of which has strands of fibre attached. Suspension hole possibly was at the top of the head aspects of wood have broken away.

Whakahounga o Mua: 24 Jun 2026
Ingoa Kē

ancestor board (English)

Wāhi
Freshwater Bay/New Guinea (PRE 1975)
Tohu Tuakiri Kē

15426.3 (ethnology)

U141 (Edge-Partington)

Wāhanga

Pacific

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