A Rare Old Papuan Gulf Gope Board Ex Julius Carlebach
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Among the tribes of Papua New Guinea warriors are awarded gope boards for each act of bravery they perform in battle. The boards are often made from the remains of an enemy's canoe. Gope boards have a consistent elliptical shape and can vary in size up to eight feet long. They are carved in relief and then painted with lime powder, red ochre, and other native paints. Gope boards have a similar style and may depict the face of an ancestral spirit. This is a very old carved wood panel accented with mineral pigments. The panel measures 60 x 16 inches. Collected in the Purari Delta, Papuan Gulf, Papua New Guinea Provenance: Collected in situ by George Craig. Ex~ Ingeborg de Beausacq, New York. Ex ~Julius Carlebach, New York. Ex ~ David and Clifford Gelbard, New York. Ex~ David Rilling, Sellersville, Pennsylvania.Ex Scott & Tanya Rodolitz, NY *This board is from the same group and provenance sold by Mr. Rodolitz, many of which were displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Papuan Gulf show "Coaxing the Spirits to Dance".
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fair, well weathered
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A Rare Old Papuan Gulf Gope Board Ex Julius Carlebach
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