Figure of a Māori Woman
Figure of a Māori Woman
Figure of a Māori Woman
Figure of a Māori Woman
Figure of a Māori Woman
Figure of a Māori Woman

Image credit: Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service

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Carved from tree resin of the Kauri tree ('Kauri gum'), this figure is probably a Māori queen. The figure has black hair and is wearing a high-prestige cloak with a hood over her head. One of a pair with HAPMG 2018.6.1.

Sir William Gray House

Hartlepool

Title

Figure of a Māori Woman

Date

19th C

Medium

kauri gum

Measurements

H 8.6 x W 5.8 x D 6.7 cm

Accession number

HAPMG : 2018.6.2

Work type

Sculpture

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