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Object Number
99-12-70/53494
Display Title
Human figure with facial carving
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Poutokomanawa
Object Description
Human figure with facial carving.
See Reproductions & Catalogues.
Inventory Description
Statue, carved wood standing male figure holding club, tattooed face, paua eyes
Classification
- Statue
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1841 or earlier, or 1805-1825
Culture
- Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Materials
Wood, Paua, Organic, Pigment, Abalone
Dimensions
Overall: 65 x 26 x 15 cm (25 9/16 x 10 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53494/ New Zeeland Idol/ Depos by J
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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