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Memorial head, Aotearoa, 18th or early 19th century (wood)

Memorial head, Aotearoa, 18th or early 19th century (wood)
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Memorial head, Aotearoa, 18th or early 19th century (wood)

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New Zealand School / New Zealander

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Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art

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wood

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height: 25.5 cms

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This sculpture in Hawke's Bay or East Coast style, may have been a gable ornament or interior house post. Carved heads were also used to decorate war canoes, attached to the underside of the bow. The hollow on the reverse may have been used to hold life force pieces such as dog hair or greenstone adze blades, symbols of chieftainship.

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Largest available format 4169 × 5273 px 16 MB
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Medium 810 × 1024 px 69 × 87 mm 832 KB

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