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Title	Poutokomanawa (Post Figure)
Artist	Artist Unknown (Maori, Ngati Kahungunu)
Date	c. 1840
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G276

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

Artist:

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Added to Site:

February 28, 2009

Poutokomanawa (Post Figure)

Artist Unknown (Maori, Ngati Kahungunu)

c. 1840