Feeding Funnel - P4813 | Collections

Object Number:	P4813
Current Location:	Collections storage
Culture:	Maori
Provenience:	New Zealand
Section:	Oceanian
Materials:	Wood
Length:	13cm
Width:	8cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number	26477 - Dealer's Number

Description

Feeding funnel. Korere. Used to feed a high-ranking man while he was being tattooed, when touching food was forbidden (tapu). Two carved heads on rim; body of one carved in relief on side of funnel.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

	Polynesia Gallery (28 Jan 1982 - Jun 2010)	View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

	[Article] Hall, H. U. 1928. "A Maori Feeding Funnel". The Museum Journal. Vol. XIX (No. 1): pp. 85-99. : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 87, 90, 93, 97	View Objects related to this Bibliographic Reference