Te Kohinga Taoka Māori

Collection Record

Stick, Walking, Tokotoko

Complete tokotoko (walking stick). Dark brown wood. Carved with three full-length figures and two faces, all with white shell eyes. The top two figures are male and female human figures, with moko. The bottom full-length figure is more stylized, with a large mouth and carved in a triangular notched pattern, creating a shaggy, fur-like body. All figures and faces are carved with a variety of rauponga, rauru, and mangopare patterns. A band of carved mangopare runs down part of the bottom half of the tokotoko. The handle and distal end are undecorated. The distal end appears to have had a cap which has come off.

Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand

D24.975

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