Gope are found in many styles, usually oval shaped with ochre, white, and black pigments applied to the design. Some like this sculpture, are a combination of the classic gope form and the figurative bioma. In the 1930s, the Swiss ethnologist Paul Wirz photographed a variety of bioma and gope styles in clan shrines.

Provenance:
Scott and Tanya Rodolitz, New York
John C. Elder
Collected by George Craig, prior to 1955

Exhibition History:
Measure of All Things: The Human Scale. Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, North Carolina, November 16, 2007 – April 6, 2008