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Gable Mask (Koruru) from Gisborne, North Island, c.1860 (wood & paua shell)

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Image title
Gable Mask (Koruru) from Gisborne, North Island, c.1860 (wood & paua shell)
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Artist
New Zealand School, (19th century) / New Zealander
Location
Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Medium
wood and paua shell
Date
c. 1860 AD (C19th AD)
Dimensions
50.5x27.3x4.8 cms
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The Maori believed certain structures - communal meeting houses, the houses of chiefs, and some food storage buildings - symbolized the body of an important ancestor, with the ridgepole indicating the backbone, the rafters the ribs, and the slanting facade boards the arms. Placed at the apex of the gable, the gable mask depicts the face of the honored ancestor.

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Photo © Brooklyn Museum / Bridgeman Images
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carving / ornament / wooden / shells / human face / eyes / gable
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