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Ancestor Figure (tiki)circa 1800

Not on view
Stone sculpture of a compact standing humanoid figure with an oversized round head, wide-set eyes, and thick limbs, carved from coarse gray stone
Title
Ancestor Figure (tiki)
Place Made
Marquesas Islands
Date Made
circa 1800
Medium
Basalt
Dimensions
6 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (16.51 x 8.26 x 6.99 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Masco Corporation Foundation
Accession Number
M.2009.126.3
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Art of the Pacific
Provenance
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.
Selected Bibliography
  • Wardwell, Allen. Island Ancestors: Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection. [Seattle]: University of Washington Press, 1994.