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ornament

human history
  • Ingoa Kōrero Noa
    Adornment
  • Kupu whakaahua

    Ornament

    Made from ebony. Depicting an animal like figure with 4 short legs, a round body and a long neck stretching in front of it's body. the ears are folded over and the mouth is a horizontal line that is cut form the head

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1935.324
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1935
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    22270.2 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

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