Native Name | Putorino |
Object Number | 48-11-1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Maori |
Provenience | New Zealand |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood | Shell | Plant Fiber |
Description | Lentoid in section. At the open end, there is a head in high relief with lower part in the round; small head in high relief at other end; face in low relief near centre, the wide open mouth forming aperture. Abelone shell eyes in large head and in face and below open mouth. Putorino, centre hole figure wide at brows, rounded head, top head spiral on top, eyes wider, bottom head. Northern style, stone tools. |
Credit Line | Exchange with Babette B. Phelps, 1948 |
Other Number | 128 - Other Number |
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