File:Maori Standing Ancestor Figure Kimbell.jpg
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Standing Ancestor Figure; c. 1800–1840; New Zealand, Maori culture, possibly Rongowhakaata people, Te Huringa period I; Wood, 44.8 x 13.2 x 11.2 cm Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth, Texas; AP 1989.04 May have been a tekoteko, a carved figure placed on the gable peak of a building, or may have been a poutokomanawa, the center post that holds up the ridgepole of a large house. See https://www.kimbellart.org/collection-object/standing-ancestor-figure |
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