Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Bailer, Tata, Cast
Complete plaster cast of a tatā (canoe bailer). Painted mid brown. Surface water stain and cracking inside scoop. Handle projects over the scoop, with a carving and two perforations on the butt. Back of the scoop has a wheku figure carving. Cast has been broken and repaired at the base of the handle and on several places on the scoop.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D38.98
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 257 x 425 x 115mm
- Media/Materials
- plaster, processed material
- Credit Line
- British Museum
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D38.98
- On Display
- No
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