Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Waka huia, Papahou
Complete waka huia. The shape of the waka huia is rectangular box. The waka huia has four spirals along the length, one wide on sides and base but two wide on the lid. There are isolated inlay paua eyes on base and lid with some paua filling irregular gaps in ornamentation on the lid. There is a simple head each end with no eyes and a tongue that curls back to join box forming hole for suspending cord. There is an 8'mm perforation in the centre of lid. There are flat tongues on the lid (1 each end) that fit into sockets on the top of the waka huia. There is modern fibre cord for suspension through each knob.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
O50.002
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 345 x 90.1 x 51.8mm
- Collection
- Oldman Collection
- Credit Line
- Oldman coll
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- O50.002
- On Display
- Yes
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