discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou figurine human history Tukua Tirohanga API Kupu whakaahuaFigurine with monkey head and feather surround. Possibly a plaque rather than a figurine. Head with a protruding forehead. Feather remnant at the back of head but sides broken out to the shoulders. Earspools with central indent partially intact. Heavy brow ridges. Eyes indistinct. Monkey nose and open mouth abraded. Feathers or fur depicted on lower cheeks. Wearing a medallion neck ornament and loincloth with elaborate belt. Arms at sides of torso, with wristbands and back of hands facing outward. Remnants of feather surround beside. Short inturned legs, feet and base area broken off. Back flattish with slight central concavity. White pigment on back and front, traces of yellow and red on face.Accession Number2012.19.495Rā Tāpiringa10 Dec 2012Tohu Tuakiri Kē16552 (Asset Register)WāhangaArchaeology Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete figurine 2012.19.495 Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2012.19.495KohingaHydeKaiwaihanga Matua unknown (Maker)WāMetepec/Teotihuacan ChronologyPāohoterracotta/inorganic materialpigment/colorantWhakaahuatanga Inetop of feathers to base breakRaraunga Ine65mm42mm (across feather surround)17mm (nose to back of head)StyleTeotihuacán/Mesoamerican/Pre-Columbian/AATWhakahounga o Mua31 Mar 2023 Tūemi e whai hononga Ngā hua o DigitalNZ A Hairdresser's Romance (Bruce Herald, 27 January 1893) National Library of New Zealand Rain exposes ancient bronze figurine in Greece Radio New Zealand SCIATICA YIELDS TO RHEUMO (Feilding Star, 14 November 1904) National Library of New Zealand Page 2 Advertisements Column 7 (Manawatu Times, 03 March 1905) National Library of New Zealand Untitled (Auckland Star, 17 October 1903) National Library of New Zealand 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