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Object Number 2004.24.18174
Display Title Front piece of Maori Kanus
Descriptions
Object Description Front piece of Maori Kanus. Museum fuer Volk, Berlin. New Zealand. Acc no. 46-54. Cf. Sydow, Eckart von Die Kunst der Naturvoelker und der Vorzeit. F.A. 178.18.9 page 209.
Subject
  • Piece
  • Maori
  • Front
  • Carved
  • Kanus
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick Rhodes Pleasants
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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