Canoe Figurehead (Tauihu)

date

about 1800-1899

creation place

Oceania, New Zealand

medium & support

Carved and painted wood with shell embellishment

measurements

35 x 14 x 11 1/2 in. (88.9 x 35.56 x 29.21 cm)

credit line

Gift of David T. Owsley

accession number

2013.001.034

keywords

bow, capstan, civilization, culture, exterior, mast, non-Christian religion, Polynesian/Melanesian religion, prow ornament, religion, rite, sculpture, ship, society, supernatural, tauihu, traffic, transporting, waters, windlass

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