Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Godstick, Cast, Whakapakoko
Complete plaster cast of a whakapakoko atua or atua kiato (god stick), painted dark brown. Top end is a human head in profile, with eyebrows, jaw line, and neck depicted. Body is represented by a curves and waves down the length of the stick, tapering and coming to a blunt point at the base.
Provenance Place:
Banks Peninsula District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D79.9203
Details
- Provenance Place
- Banks Peninsula District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 712 x 92 x 48mm
- Media/Materials
- plaster, processed material
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D79.9203
- On Display
- No
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