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Lintelcirca 19th century

Not on view
Long, narrow carved wood panel with dense interlocking spiral relief decoration, three face motifs with pāua shell inlaid eyes, and crouching figures at each end
Title
Lintel
Culture
Maori
Place Made
New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Date Made
circa 19th century
Medium
Wood and Haliotis shell
Dimensions
Length: 43 3/16 (109.7 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.155
Classification
Architecture
Collecting Area
Art of the Pacific
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.

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