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Spirit board, gope
Urama
19th/20th century
Wood, pigment, cowrie shells
H. 135 cm
TC 385

In January 1923 Frank Hurley photographed in Kinomere village. In the men's houses on Urama Island clan shrines displayed gope carved in a style similar to this board.

Provenance:
Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes Estates, 2006
Reg MacDonald, Papua New Guinea mid 1960s