Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Funnel, Feeding, Cast
Plaster cast of a kōrere (feeding funnel). Painted dark brown. Exterior surface is carved with a koru pattern. A manaia figure protrudes from one side of the bowl, with silver painted eyes representing paua shell. A human face protrudes from the other side of the bowl onto the spout. The spout tapers to the distal end. The interior of the bowl has a koru pattern around the rim but is otherwise undecorated.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D38.112
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 260 x 127 x 125mm
- Media/Materials
- plaster, processed material
- Credit Line
- British Museum
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D38.112
- On Display
- No
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