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god figure

human history

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1930.337, 13758
  • Public Access Text

    In the Pacific, figure sculptures may represent mythical heroes, ancestors, gods or personified forces of the natural and supernatural world. Some figures are designed to stand free, others are part of functional tools or architectural structures. They are not idols to be worshipped but act to concentrate aspects of the spirit world into a material representation which enables communication between humanity and the spirit world.

  • Cultural Origin

    Mehetia/Society Islands

  • Primary Maker

     unknown

  • Place
    Mehetia/Society Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific
  • Date
    Unknown
  • Media

    igneous rock/rock/inorganic material

  • Measurement Reading

    220mm

    140mm

    80mm

  • Classification

    Figure, god

    Ceremonial Artefacts

    Communication Artefacts

  • Last Update
    20 Aug 2021
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