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kwoi | Photographer: Axel Killian | Rights management: Städtische Museen Freiburg
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»Gope« spirit boards depict stylised faces that embody a guardian spirit that protects the group or clan. They are usually stored in the men's house, either placed on the ground or hung up using a piece of string. This board has an eyelet at the top for a string attachment. The smiling face is framed by ornaments that represent a headdress worn by dancers. It is oval and curved which indicates that it was made from a decommissioned canoe.
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Cultural attribution
Purari
Object type
Schild
Dimensions
Width: 310.0 mm
Height: 1080.0 mm
Height: 1080.0 mm
Material/Technique
Colour pigments, Wood
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1065
Provenance and sources
Change of legal title:
Purchase
when
23.03.1903
Change of physical control or legal title
where
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Fly River (location/origin)
Purari area (location/origin)
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Oceania
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