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. Wearing jaguar headdress. Only the eyes with feathered surrounds, nose and mouth survive, the top and sides being broken out. Plain face, lidded and rimmed eyes, rounded nose, full lips, thick edged earspools with indented centres. Segmented collar of three bands. Medallion with two bosses on each side worn on chest. Flat remnants beside collar and below medallion suggests figure may have been recessed in frame. V-shaped break across shoulders and chest. White pigment on front and back. Red pigment on lips of jaguar and on chest below collar.Accession Number2012.19.389Rā Tāpiringa10 Dec 2012Tohu Tuakiri Kē16552 (Asset Register)WāhangaArchaeology Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete head, figurine 2012.19.389 Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2012.19.389KohingaHydeKaiwaihanga Matua unknown (Maker)WāMetepec/Teotihuacan ChronologyPāohoterracotta/inorganic materialpigment/colorantWhakaahuatanga Inetop of headdress to chest break point.Raraunga Ine84mm67mm (across outer frame elements)24mm (nose to back base join)StyleTeotihuacán/Mesoamerican/Pre-Columbian/AATWhakahounga o Mua31 Mar 2023 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