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human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    statuette (ethnology card & register)

    Krishna (ethnology card & register)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    [Brass] figure of deity [Ganesha]. Figure has an elephant head with bent trunk and small tusk details. The figure is wearing a tall hat with engraved lines across it. Two of figure's arms face forwards, and two are bent upwards. Figure is seated on rectangular shaped plinth and has a large circular halo behind it. Halo has bands of engraved design and a zigzag outline. Back of halo is undecorated but has visible filing scratch marks. Some detail on back of figure.

  • Wāhi
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1891
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    11306 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

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