Ancestor Figure (tiki)

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Ancestor Figure (tiki)

Marquesas Islands, circa 1800
Sculpture
Basalt
6 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (16.51 x 8.26 x 6.99 cm)
Gift of the Masco Corporation Foundation (M.2009.126.3)
Art of the Pacific
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Collected by Dr. G. Gordon, Royal Navy, on Tahiti, in 1865. [Kenneth Athol Webster (1906–1967), London]. Wayne Heathcote (b....
Collected by Dr. G. Gordon, Royal Navy, on Tahiti, in 1865. [Kenneth Athol Webster (1906–1967), London]. Wayne Heathcote (b. 1943), New York, NY, sold to; Masco Corporation Collection, Livonia, MI; Masco Corporation Foundation, Taylor, MI, gift 2009 to; LACMA.
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Bibliography

  • Wardwell, Allen. Island Ancestors: Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection. [Seattle]: University of Washington Press, 1994.