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Pou tokomanawa (carved centre post) by Unknown

Pou tokomanawa (carved centre post)

Unknown; carver; 19th century; New Zealand

wood

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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A full-body carved wooden figure of a seated person with intricate facial markings and holding a dark object in its hands. ME012207

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carving figure wood carving statue object centered symmetry full frontal view vertical emphasis frontal view human figure ancestor figure maori

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