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  • Kupu whakaahua

    figure; bronze cast; form is of a freestanding tiger, with a wooden base; tiger is in motion with back legs and tail extended, mouth open in a roar; shallow sunken stripes, incised detail for fur at feet and face; top of tigers tail has broken away; incised paw pads; small bronze rectangle with japanese text applied to stomach with likely name of maker; base is wooden with flat surface and rough edges to reflect land, unpolished

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1934.316
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1934
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    20772 (ethnology)

    M1364 (miscellaneous)

  • Wāhanga
figure, 1934.316, M1364, 20772, Photographed by Richard Ng,… … Read more

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