figure;
religious/ritual equipment
- Museum number
- Oc1981,Q.1551
- Description
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God image (to'o), of tapering cylindrical form, covered with fabric of knotted coconut fibre (coir/ sinnet). Face of coconut fibre cord in a keyhole design. Ears delineated with 'C' shape. Lines of coconut fibre cord down front of figure.
- Dimensions
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Height: 61 centimetres
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Width: 10 centimetres
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Depth: 9 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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1981 Q register information:
Polynesia: Society Is [Tahiti]
Two old labels: 1) Blue bordered with handwritten additions: 259 L.M. Socy
2) Bold black printed: 5
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Discussed in an unpublished thesis: Roger Rose, 'The material culture of ancient Tahiti a thesis', Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University, 1971, pp.1289-1291
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2011 Feb-May, Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Basketry: Making Human Nature
2014 23 May-3 Aug, Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, Atua: Sacred art from Polynesia
2014-2015 12 Oct-4 Jan, St Louis Art Museum, Atua: Sacred art from Polynesia
- Condition
- Tightly-woven coir cover in good condition.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1981,Q.1551
