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Collections

Feather Box (wakahuia)c. 1830

On view:
David Geffen Galleries, Polynesia: "Our Sea of Islands"
Carved wooden oval dish with dense geometric and spiral relief decoration covering the exterior, with mask-like carved handles at each end
Carved wooden object with a rounded form, featuring a central figure in relief with a stylized face, flanked by koru spiral motifs and intricate pākati and haehae surface patterns, dark patinated wood.
Carved wooden Māori figure in relief against a circular disk, densely covered in koru spiral and rauponga ridge-and-notch surface carving; the central figure has a protruding tongue and outstretched limbs; dark patinated wood.
Title
Feather Box (wakahuia)
Culture
Maori
Place Made
Aotearoa (New Zealand), Gisborne region
Date Made
c. 1830
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
a) lid: 3/4 × 15 1/8 × 6 in. (1.91 × 38.42 × 15.24 cm) b) base: 3 3/8 × 17 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (8.57 × 43.82 × 17.15 cm) Overall (a-b): 3 3/4 × 17 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (9.53 × 43.82 × 17.15 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Will and Celeste Hughes
Accession Number
M.2018.207a-b
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Art of the Pacific