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Kerewa area Papuan Gulf, PNG, early 20th century
Exhibited: Oceanic Arts from Collections in Hawaii, April 1967,
Honolulu Academy of Arts inventory #27781
This lively gope board is carved from a hardwood. It is carved in high
relief with four oval openings on the top and bottom. The original natural
pigment is almost all intact. The board has a deep brown patina on both
front and back. There is an old crack on the gope’s top right side.
Height: 58 inches.
SOLD /IN 30
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