Spirit Board (Gope)
early 20th century
Maker Unknown
Arts of the Pacific Islands
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Wood, pigment
- Locations
- Place made: Wapo Creek, Meagoma Village, Purari River delta, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
- Dimensions
- 43 x 8 1/2 x 2 in. (109.2 x 21.6 x 5.1 cm)
- Inscribed
- Labels on back read: "Meagama - Gopi Delta Div. Papua 11/13/33 4 S. tobacco 8 [illegible] beads" and "8"; written and crossed out in red: "4.135L"; written in red: "51.118.6"
- Departments
- Arts of the Pacific Islands
- Accession Number
- 51.118.6
- Credit Line
- Gift of John W. Vandercook
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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