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head, figurine

On display
human history
  • Description

    Figurine head. Headdress of four disc-shaped decorations arranged around the front of the head, two overlying them on the forehead and another broken element placed on top at one side of the head. A broken, triangular extension of the back of the head projects above the discs. One centrally indented earspool survives, the other is broken off. Eyes slit-form with lids and brows defined. Nose aquiline. Mouth straight with an indentation below defining the chin.

    Yellow pigment on top of headdress, red on lower headdress and face, traces of yellow and white around neck. Broken through the neck.

  • Accession Number
    2012.19.200
  • Accession Date
    10 Dec 2012
  • Other Id

    L1004 (LA Museum number)

    16552 (Asset Register)

  • Department

    Archaeology

  • Display Room

    Mass Display

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Images

  • head, figurine, 2012.19.200, L1004, 16552, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 26 Mar 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • head, figurine, 2012.19.200, L1004, 16552, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 26 Mar 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • head, figurine, 2012.19.200, L1004, 16552, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 26 Mar 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • head, figurine, 2012.19.200, L1004, 16552, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 26 Mar 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • head, figurine 2012.19.200
  • head, figurine 2012.19.200
  • head, figurine 2012.19.200
  • head, figurine 2012.19.200

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