Titoko

human history

Titoko. Staff. Carved from a single piece of kau (wood), long and straight, with an oval cross-section. The upper area of the Titoko is decorated with multiple rows of tavatava (shallow incisions), in vertical zigzag patterns, with a horizontal row of tavatava, also zigzag in pattern, across the base of the vertical rows and around the middle area of the rows, forming two sections. There are three rows of tavatava, zigzag patterns, around the top end of the Titoko. There is a circular indentation visible near the lower end of the Titoko. The butt end is rounded.

Nama tāpiringa: 1925.92 Whakahounga o Mua: 21 Sept 2018
Ingoa Kē

Staff (English)

Wāhi
Fiji
Accession Number

1925.92

Rā Tāpiringa

30 Apr 1925

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

13422 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

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staff, 1925.92, 13422, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 29 Sep 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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