This is a small but very old Papuan Gulf gope board collected by Thomas Schultze Westrom in 1966 (his inventory number written in faint pencil is on the reverse). This gope probably comes from the Wapo Creek area and has a nicely composed ancestral figure carved in relief. I especially like the deeply cut nostrils. The piece has an aged patina, dates to the 1920s, is 23" in height. sold