A female poutokomanawa, a figure that rests against the post supporting the ridgepole of a chiefs house or meeting house
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.

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

Reference

UMG12A27_374

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