Unknown artist
Artwork Detail
Gope, kwoi and hohao are all terms for the ancestor boards that are made around the northern Papuan gulf. It is considered that this spirit board was made by the Kerewa people of Goaribari Island.
The pair of eyes are under a widow’s peak design that leads down to the navel at the base of the carving. A feature of this area’s art is that the ancestor’s face is often the predominant subject. (Te Moananui a Kiwa, 2005)
- Title
- Gope Board
- Artist/creator
- Unknown artist
- Production date
- Unknown
- Medium
- wood, pigment
- Dimensions
- 1040 x 215 mm
- Credit line
- Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 1987
- Accession no
- C1994/1/237
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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