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Description: | "Ornament for the prow of a Maori canoe, of wood elaborately carved with spirals and terminating in a grotesque head with staring eyes and protruding tongue… New Zealand." (Annual Report 1938). Base is V-shaped. Said to have been brought from New Zealand in 1840. See history file. SP
Accession number: NCM 1938-182 | Subjects: | MAORI transport woodwork NEW ZEALAND | Temporal: | 1800-1900? | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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