Title
A female poutokomanawa, a figure that rests against the post supporting the ridgepole of a chiefs house or meeting house
Caption
A female poutokomanawa, a figure that rests against the post supporting the ridgepole of a chiefs house or meeting house, The ridge pole is symbolically the backbone of the ancestor whose body is the whole house, while the post figure is an important recent ancestor. New Zealand. Maori. c 1860. East Coast.
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A27_374
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
26,8Mb (987,6Kb) / 9,0in x 11,6in / 2688 x 3481 (300dpi)