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figure

human history
  • Common Name
    Taonga Database keywords and subcategories
  • Description

    Figure, small carved, tattoo on left buttock, three fingered hands on side at waist

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Accession Date
    Unknown
  • Other Id

    809 (1885 Mackelvie Catalogue)

    46259 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Māori

46259, figure

Images and documents

Images

  • 46259, figure
  • 46259, figure
  • 46259, figure
  • 46259, figure
  • 46259, figure
  • 46259, figure

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    collection of the Mackelvie Trust Board, Auckland, 1885, (809), on loan to Auckland War Memorial Museum, , 46259
  • Cultural Origin

    Maori

  • Collection
    Mackelvie Trust Board
  • Primary Maker

     unknown maker (Carver)

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Date
    Unknown
  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Period

    unknown

  • Signature/marks

    DEP / MACKELVIE / 46259 / ?KAHUNGUNU (written)

    "MacKelvie Collection 809" (sticker)

    [illeg] / NZ (written)

  • Media

    wood/plant material

  • Measurement Reading

    133 x 34mm

  • Subject Category

    Maori

  • Classification

    Maori

  • Last Update
    30 Apr 2019
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