12th Feb, 2025 18:00
Tribal Artefacts Auction
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A Papua New Guinean Gope Board.
Likely from Uruma Papuan Gulf Papua New Guinea, Wood Ochre. 120 x 38 cm.
Sold for AU$1,000
Estimated at AU$300 - AU$600
Likely from Uruma Papuan Gulf Papua New Guinea, Wood Ochre. 120 x 38 cm.
The ancestral spirits contained in such boards would go into spiritual battle for the clan who worshipped it. It both protected the owners from attack as well as well as confusing the enemy during battle.
Auction: Tribal Artefacts Auction, 12th Feb, 2025
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11 - 4pm Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th February 2025.
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