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Carved wood panel
Object Number 20-49-70/D1348.1
Display Title Carved wood panel
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Poupou
Object Description Carved slabs, carved about 1870 by Ngati-Pona (Ngati Porou?) carvers. See authorities. Dimensions refer to the larger of the two panels/slabs.
Inventory Description Carving, rectangular plank, two large figures in relief, shells for eyes
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1870
Culture
  • Maori
  • Ngatiporou
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Additional Geographic Terms Hicks Bay
Materials Wood, Abalone
Dimensions Overall: 249.5 x 46 x 9 cm (98 1/4 x 18 1/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D / 1348; 20-49-70/D1348.1; Peabody; O.U.M.; OUM / 1 / F##### IN. / N. ### No.2
Provenance
Exchange participant Otago Museum (1920)

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