discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou head, figurine human history Tukua Tirohanga API Kupu whakaahuaFigurine head. Hand made. Flattish. High forehead with a headdress of ties with round ends (broken off at one side), one around the top of the head , the other, contiguous, around the top of the forehead. Large impressed, elongate elliptical eye chambers formed by impressing the inner and outer corners, leaving a ridge in the centre. Ears formed by a widening of the face at the eyes level. Earspools, one mostly broken off. Small nose, gash-formed open mouth with slight raising for lips. Rounded chin. Formed neck above break. Traces of red pigment in the mouth.Accession Number2012.19.67Rā Tāpiringa10 Dec 2012Tohu Tuakiri KēL1004 (LA Museum number)16552 (Asset Register)WāhangaArchaeology Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete head, figurine 2012.19.67 Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2012.19.67KohingaHydeKaiwaihanga Matua unknown (Maker)RāUnknownWāFormative/Teotihuacan ChronologyPāohoterracotta/inorganic materialWhakaahuatanga Inetop of head to neckRaraunga Ine62.4mm53mm (across headdress)24mm (nose to back of head)StyleTeotihuacán/Mesoamerican/Pre-Columbian/AATWhakahounga o Mua31 Mar 2023 Tūemi e whai hononga Ngā hua o DigitalNZ Figurine head Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Figurine head Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Figurine head Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Figurine head Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Figurine head Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Mea e whai hononga ai E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60