GULF SKETCHBOOK


BIOMA FIGURE IN THE JOHN BIRD COLLECTION, BAIMURU, GULF PROVINCE, 1980.


MOTIFS ON A GOPE FROM THE GOARIBARI AREA , KIEMEI VILLAGE, PAIBUNA RIVER. CARVED BY MABO KANUGU, A TRADITIONAL CARVER OF THE VILLAGE.


GOGODALA EFFIGY (GI LOPALA). ITS FAT, SQUARE SHAPE IS UNUSUAL IN GOGODALA CARVING. COLLECTED IN BALIMO, 1978. PRIVATE COLLECTION, USA.


GULF GOPE BOARD.


ENLARGED DETAILS, HEAD OF GOGODALA FIGURE, IN THE BALIMO LONGHAUS, 1978.


URAMA ISLAND GOPE. COLLECTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, LAE, PNG. DRAWN BY JACK LOWSON, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, 1976.


MOTIF INCISED ON A DRUM IN TETEHUI VILLAGE, WAPO CREEK AREA, GULF PROVINCE, 1980.


GOPE FROM THE OROKOLO AREA OF THE PAPUAN GULF. COLLECTED IN 1974 BY MAURIE YOUNG FOR ISLAND CARVINGS, LAE, PNG.