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figurine

On display
human history
  • Description

    Figurine head and upper section of torso. Wide-band headdress decorated at the ends with outcurved elements topped with a disc or button. One end also has a narrow edged projection facing to the front with red pigment in the join. Three elements broken off. The earspools are intact. The eyes are slit style (one slanted). Narrow-bridged, carefully defined nose and straight mouth.

    The eyebrows, eyes and cheeks have been painted with a black pigment, the face yellowish and the mouth with red pigment. Double roll collar. The torso is hollow and flares out from the collar. A long strip on one side with a dab of red pigment, hangs down from the earspool, but the corresponding strip is broken off on the opposite side. Broken across chest.

  • Accession Number
    2012.19.164
  • Accession Date
    10 Dec 2012
  • Other Id

    16552 (Asset Register)

  • Department

    Archaeology

  • Display Room

    Mass Display

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  • figurine, 2012.19.164, 16552, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Mar 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figurine, 2012.19.164, 16552, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Mar 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figurine, 2012.19.164, 16552, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Mar 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figurine, 2012.19.164, 16552, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 27 Mar 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figurine 2012.19.164
  • figurine 2012.19.164
  • figurine 2012.19.164
  • figurine 2012.19.164

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