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Description: | Two painted labels read E329. There is a metal loop embedded in the back of the head, presumably for display purposes. CULT Unknown Polynesia ? This is an enigmatic standing male figure. Some aspects of this figure show Maori influences such as the top-knot and the positioning of the fingers on the belly, but the detail at the wrists and the neck is not characteristically Maori. Also, the upper arms have a well defined musculature which is not common on Maori figures. There are patches on the belly and the lips which might have been painted white originally.
The figure is included in the Robertson catalogue as 'William Hunter from Captain Cook' on unknown evidence. The catalogue also states that the figure is in the 'South West North Island style'. The lighter colour of the wood on hidden parts of the figure, such as under the shoulder blades and between the legs, suggests that the figure may have been coated in the black varnish typical of objects in the Old Hunterian collection. In this case it may also be one of the idols mentioned in Laskey's 1813 account of the collection. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | HUMAN FIGURE : JEN : UCOOK : ABN_2007 : : HUNTER_ETHNO_2007 : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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