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Three varnished wooden discs, each painted with an abstract portrait in white acrylic. Each portrait represents and is titled after one of the three Tongan royal lines - Tu’i Tonga, Tu’i Ha’atakalaua and Tu’i Kanokupolu. The portraits are inspired by abstract figures found on decorated Tongan pōvai or clubs.
Accession number: 2015.33.1 Last Update: 15 Feb 2019
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Tu'i Tonga, Tu'i Ha'atakalaua, Tu'i Kanokupolu (given name)
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- Onehunga/Auckland/New Zealand
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2015.33.1
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03 Jun 2015
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56762 (ethnology)
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