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Maori. <em>Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa)</em>, ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 03.324.2786_side_front_acetate_bw.jpg)
Maori. Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa), ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 03.324.2786_side_front_acetate_bw.jpg)
Maori. <em>Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa)</em>, ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 03.324.2786_side_front_acetate_bw.jpg)

Maori. Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa), ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 03.324.2786_side_front_acetate_bw.jpg)

Maori. <em>Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa)</em>, ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.03.324.2786.jpg)

Maori. Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa), ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.03.324.2786.jpg)

Maori. <em>Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa)</em>, ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.324.2786_print_front_bw.jpg)

Maori. Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa), ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.03.324.2786_print_front_bw.jpg)

Maori. <em>Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa)</em>, ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 03.324.2786_back_acetate_bw.jpg)

Maori. Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa), ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 03.324.2786_back_acetate_bw.jpg)

Maori. <em>Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa)</em>, ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.03.324.2786_detail.jpg)

Maori. Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa), ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.03.324.2786_detail.jpg)

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Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa)

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURES Maori; Possibly Maori (Te Arawa)
MEDIUM Wood
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
DATES ca. 1860
DIMENSIONS 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm)  (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS 02.4 and 03.324.2786 written on reverse of head
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
ACCESSION NUMBER 03.324.2786
CREDIT LINE Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Maori. Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa), ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 03.324.2786_side_front_acetate_bw.jpg)
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Maori. <em>Post Figure (Pou Tokomanawa)</em>, ca. 1860. Wood, 32 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (83.2 x 24.8 x 17.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by A. Augustus Healy, Carll de Silver and Robert B. Woodward, 03.324.2786. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 03.324.2786_side_front_acetate_bw.jpg)

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sculpture
carved
Maori
wood
figure
19th Century
Gable Finial
Tekoteko
statue
ornamental

TAGS

sculpture
carved
Maori
wood
figure
19th Century
Gable Finial
Tekoteko
statue
ornamental

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