Building Fragment
P3222A
From: New Zealand | Tai Rawhiti Area (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Native Name | Whatitoka |
Object Number | P3222A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Maori |
Provenience | New Zealand | Tai Rawhiti Area (uncertain) |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Female figure in relief: tongue out, four-fingered hands on chest, legs with three-toed feet flexed. Flanked, originally, by two fully-carved figures, in profile one above the other, on each side. Head of top figure on right side missing, head of top figure on left detached. Lower figure on left missing. Reverse: large face, in relief. Whole object very much damaged: appears to have been coated with wax (to arrest deterioration?). |
Height | 48 cm |
Width | 64 cm |
Depth | 12 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
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