Woodwork | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Woodwork
A spirit board »gope« that represents and hosts a guardian spirit for the clan or the whole group. Although this is a more recent work from the 20th century, it displays the typical characteristics of spirit boards. A smiling face - that of a benevolent spirit and decorations such as dancers. The dots are considered the navel or entry point of the mind.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Purari
Object type
Holzarbeit
Dimensions
Breite: 200.0 mm, Länge: 950.0 mm
Material/Technique
Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/2238
Provenance and sources
when
01.01.1930 - 31.12.1970
when
1979
where
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Purari area (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
who
Nancy Bird-Walton (1915 - 2009) - Collectors
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