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Whakapakoko

On display
human history
  • Common Name
    Carved image
  • Other Name

    carved piece of tree trunk (descriptive name)

  • Description

    The large female and smaller male figures carved on it share many stylistic features with other early Kawerau and Waiohua carvings.

  • Accession Date
    1857
  • Other Id

    453 (ethnology)

    774 (Taonga Database)

  • Department
  • Display Room

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Display location

    Maori Natural History, Te Ao Turoa

  • Last Update
    18 Jan 2018
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