Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Snare, Bird, Mutu
Complete mutu (bird snare) made from a single piece of dark brown wood. Perch has a figure carved facing the proximal end, with four-fingered hands resting on stomach and feet together. Eyebrows, nose, and pointed mouth indicated on head. A rounded knob projects from the perch and one end curves upward. The handle is straight, with another face carved into the butt; the eyes are depicted by a perforation. Two pieces of vine are curved through perforations at the butt and below the abdomen of the figure on the perch; the vine at the butt is also lashed with a fibre cord. A twisted and knotted cord passes through another perforation at the perch figure's forehead.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D57.184
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 290 x 270 x 43mm
- Credit Line
- A.G. Hornsey, Orbell Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D57.184
- On Display
- Yes
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