discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou head , figurine human history Tukua Tirohanga API Kupu whakaahuaFigurine head. Mould made. Darkish fired clay. Wide-band headdress with vertical central ornament and rectangular top and one horizontal and one vertical line on each side. Narrow fringe-like band beneath, across the forehead with a longer lock of hair above each earspool. One earspool with central raised dot is intact, the other mostly broken off. Brows above elongate rectangular eyes, abraded nose straight mouth, rounded chin. Broken at neck. Traces of red pigment on front, remains of white pigment front and back. Back of head deeply concave.Accession Number2012.19.334Rā Tāpiringa10 Dec 2012Tohu Tuakiri KēL1004 (LA Museum number)16552 (Asset Register)WāhangaArchaeology Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete head , figurine 2012.19.334 Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2012.19.334KohingaHydeKaiwaihanga Matua unknown (Maker)WāMetepec/Teotihuacan ChronologyPāohoterracotta/inorganic materialpigment/colorantWhakaahuatanga Inetop of headdress to below earspool.Raraunga Ine34mm49mm (across top of headdress)15mm (nose to lower 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