Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Stick, Walking, Tokotoko
Complete tokotoko (walking stick). Light brown wood with surface worked smooth. Circular in cross section. Proximal end is sawn flat, with a male human figure. Figure has a full moko and both hands rest on stomach; proper right leg broken off. Two bands of carvings about one-quarter and three-quarters from the proximal end: former is a diamond motif carving and latter is made of two simple grooves. Tapers to a point at the distal end.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D86.17
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 1700 x 24 x 22mm
- Credit Line
- Old Stock
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D86.17
- On Display
- No
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