Meagoma-Karati Village, Gope Area, New Guinea / Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
Accession Date:
26 Jan 1987
Collection Date:
1966
Notes:
POINTED ELLIPTICAL FORM, TAPERING AT BOTTOM TO RECTANGULAR TAIL AT BOTTOM. SECTION ON THE LEFT BELOW FACE HAS BEEN REMOVED AT THE TOP WAS HOLE BUT SECTION IS BROKEN. CENTRAL FIGURE IS FACE (EYES, NOSE,MOUTH) SURROUNDED BY SYMMETRICAL CURVILINEAR FORMS THREE CIRCLES WITH RAISED CENTRE, IN TAIL AT BOTTOM. COLOURS OF RED ANDWHITE WOULD HAVE BEEN ISOLATED-FAINT. BOARD IN DETERIORA-TED FORM WITH TRACES OF COLOUR SCHEME. BACK HAS BEEN PAINTED BLACK. MEMORIAL BOARD FOR REMOVED ANCESTOR, HUNG OR RROPPED UP ON MASSE INSIDE MEN'S LONG HOUSES. TECH.: TWO DIMENSIONAL LOW RELIEF, RIDGED LINES PROVIDES RELIEF FORM WITH SUNK GROUND BACK GROUND.
