- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Elliptical carved wooden vessel on two broad feet. Exterior is carved with intricate designs of faces and figures at the ends. Mother of pearl inlaid. For lid see [1994.4.137 .2] [RM [OPS move] 8/9/2016]
- Long description
- Box (.1) and lid (.2).
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Māori
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1994
- Date collected
- By 1994
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 01/1994
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Haliotis Shell, Material Mother of Pearl Shell, Process Carved, Process Inlaid, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Width: max 205 mm total, Length: max 640 mm total, Length: max 640 mm, Height: max 290 mm total, Height: max 200 mm, Width: max 205 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1994.4.137.1
- Research and responses
Research indicates that the wood may be Totana wood and the brown surface coating could be powdered charcoal in shark's liver oil. ( Starzecka, D (1996) Maori Art and Culture. pp 69-113. London. British Museum Press. [HR 27/10/2003]
For further information see David Simmons, Whakairo. Maori Tribal Art. pp. 49-51, (London: OUP, 1985).
1994.4.137.1
Elliptical carved wooden vessel on two broad feet. Exterior is carved with intricate designs of faces and figures at the ends. Mother of pearl inlaid. For lid see [1994.4.137 .2] [RM [OPS move] 8/9/2016]
1994.4.137.1
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