Wapo/Era; Spirit board, gope; TC 547
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Spirit board, gope
Wapo/Era
early 20th century
Wood, pigment
TC 547

This unique spirit board was photographed in a clan shrine by John W. Vandercook. He was a photojournalist and writer who with his wife, visited several villages in the Purari area in 1933. His book, Dark Islands is a chronicle of his voyage to the Pacific.

Provenance:
Bruce Frank, New York 2010
Collected by Thomas Schultze-Westrum 30 January 1966