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Poutokomanawa (Post Figure)

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Artist Unknown (Maori, Ngati Kahungunu)

Date

c. 1840

Institution Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G276
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Medium: Sculpture | Wood, paua shell
Size: 55 1/2 x 16 x 7 3/4in. (141 x 40.6 x 19.7cm)51 3/8 in. (130.5 cm) (object part, bottom of foot to top of head)
Creation Place: Oceania, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Polynesian region
Culture: Maori, Ngati Kahungunu, Oceania, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Polynesian region
Style: 19th century
Physical Description: carved wood, standing male figure; hair bound in a topknot; inlaid paua shell eyes; larger scale head, face adorned with tattooing; arms akimbo and large hands spread over abdomen; raised disc belly button; erect penis; raffia loin cloth in separate vitrine
Credit: Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Curtis Galleries, Inc.
Accession Number: 2001.65a,b
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Added to Site: February 28, 2009