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Object Number
20-46-70/D1343
Display Title
Wood carving
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Pare
Inventory Description
Carving, rectangular wood lintel, relief, three human figures, perforations
Classification
- Carving
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Additional Geographic Terms
Tolaga Bay
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 75 x 7 cm (12 5/8 x 29 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D/1343, SE1765, 4-44 / NEW ZEALAND / CONNECTED WITH ANCESTOR FEELING / VERY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN / STRICTLY TABOO / 259
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