Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Bone, Worked
Worked carved bone figure in two pieces, use unknown. Each piece has a pair of spiral carvings. One also has facial features above the spirals, and the edge is rounded at the top of the head. The other piece has two straight carvings on one end of the spirals, possibly indicating legs and toes; one side of this piece has broken off and been glued back together.
Provenance Place:
Tomahawk Beach, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D27.685
Details
- Provenance Place
- Tomahawk Beach, Dunedin, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Ōtākou, Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 36.5 x 27 x 9mm
- Collection
- John White Collection
- Credit Line
- Neil White; John White collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D27.685
- On Display
- No
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