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  • Kupu whakaahua

    Folk art gilt and painted wood carving of Kumara, the god of children.

    This bird mobile, the symbol of Kumara was hung above the cradle of high caste children to give spiritual protection to the child - M Dunningham

    wooden carving, painted in reds, blacks blues and golds, four separate parts, two wings, head and body

  • Wāhi
    Bali/Indonesia
  • Accession Number
    1981.99
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    06 Mar 1981
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    M2082 (miscellaneous)

    B49 (Dunningham)

    H14 (Dunningham)

  • Wāhanga

    World

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  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, carved, 1981.99, M2082, B49, H14, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 07 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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