Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Stick, Walking, Tokotoko
Complete tokotoko. Mid-brown wood. Carved with two full-length figures and rauponga (ridge and notch) pattern in a variety of directions and styles. Paua shell inlay in eyes and as features of rauponga pattern (three missing). Top figure has a realistic face, with a full moko, holding a patu in one hand. Lower figure has a more stylized, traditional face with slanted eyes and wide mouth. Handle and distal end are uncarved.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D32.1824
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 820 x 75 x 28mm
- Credit Line
- Rev Neil D. White
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D32.1824
- On Display
- No
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