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Kumete

human history
  • Common Name
    food gathering / storage
  • Other Name

    carved wooden bowl (descriptive name)

    ipu (Maori)

  • Description

    This dark brown matai kumete is supported by two squatting figures (one naturalistic and one wheku). On the lid are two projecting back to back figures, reclining so that the heads touch. To either side of these is a low-relief koruru head. The entire kumete, including the figures, has been carved with rauponga designs. Paua shell insets have been used in the eyes of all the figures, and around the rim of both the lid and bowl itself.

    A metal hinge and lock has been attached to the kumete. The kumete has been signed, "NA PATOROMU" on the neck of the naturalistic figure.

  • Accession Date
    1890
  • Other Id

    117 (ethnology)

    230 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

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  • Last Update
    19 Jan 2024
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