Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023
Lot 1689
A Papuan Gulf gope board
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A Papuan Gulf gope board
Papua New Guinea
with a central carved ancestor mask with a pierced septum, with a peg and with carved chevrons above and below, with traces of red paint and with lime pigment, the back inscribed OC 20 in white paint,
102cm high.
Provenance
Gallery 43, Philip Goldman, 28 Davies Street, London, 4 March 1969.