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Object Number
2004.29.24924
Display Title
Two carved wooden boxes made for holding feathers of the huia
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Zealand / From Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1913. / New Zealand"; [On Photo]: "Carved wooden box for containing the feathers of the huia worn by Maori chiefs. / New Zealand. (Collected by Captain Cook.) / British Museum / Phot. Oxford University Press."
Department
Photographic
Date
before 1913
Artist
Oxford University Press
Culture
- Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Dimensions
Overall: 13.97 × 8.255 cm (5 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Museum of Comparative Zoology
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 2004.29.24072 | Mask, covered with feathers, representing the god of war |
Hawaii
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| 2004.29.12392 | Wooden portrait-figure of Bope Pelenge, a great chief of the Bushongo tribe |
Congo
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Image Not Available
for Cast bronze head of a girl
| 2004.29.12854 | Cast bronze head of a girl |
Benin City
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| 2004.29.12981 | Flaked stone tool |
London
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| 2004.29.24921 | Maori man standing over another outdoors |
New Zealand
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| 2004.29.24923 | Colored drawing of Maori chief holding a taiaha and small club |
New Zealand
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| 2004.29.24922 | Two portraits of natives |
New Zealand
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| 2004.29.24925 | Canoe carving |
New Zealand
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| 2004.29.24926 | Wood carving of figure holding club |
New Zealand
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| 2004.29.24890 | Three mats and four carved boxes |
New Zealand
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Image Not Available
for LMS collection map- The United States of America.
| 993-23-10/100082 | LMS collection map- The United States of America. |
United States
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| 2004.29.24880 | Head portrait of Ngamako with two feathers in her hair |
New Zealand
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