goddess figure

Description:

carving of a goddess, wooden; heavy; dark-brown; wide across the shoulders; fingers and toes are formed by notched incisions; many indentations on forehead and sides of head - may be result of beating; very similar to 32651 (ethnology specimen). The angular form imposed by carving in extremely hard wood became emphasized and developed as a positive sculptural quality. Tongan, so called goddess; this image is from Lifuka, Ha'apai; collected by ...

Display date:

Made: Unknown; Acquired: 04 Jul 1950

Location:

Pacific

Collections:

Auckland Museum Collections Online

Content partner:

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Availability:

Not specified