Accession No
2005.605
Description
Christmas tree decoration in the form of a tiki. A Maori cloth ornament of green velvet with reflective sequins; plastic beads; wire coils and gold braiding to outline form and green cotton thread. Original label with information on maker and identification still attached, ‘Highly prized Maori ornament. A good luck symbol. Tilited head is thinking, hand is strength, mouth is communication, heart is love and loins fertility’. Stored in a plastic bag with origoinal silica gel packet
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Aotearoa New Zealand
Period
Source
Henare, Amiria (Dr) [collector]; Crowther-Beynon Grant [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2005.605
Cultural Affliation
Maori
Material
cloth; metal; cotton; plastic; polyester; polyurethane
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) Dr. Amiria Henare (nee Salmond), Curator of Anthroplogy, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 2003-2009
Event Date 1/12/2005
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Christmas tree decoration in the form of a tiki. A Maori cloth ornament of green velvet with reflective sequins; plastic beads; wire coils and gold braiding to outline form and green cotton thread. Original label with information on maker and identification still attached, ‘Highly prized Maori ornament. A good luck symbol. Tilited head is thinking, hand is strength, mouth is communication, heart is love and loins fertility’. Stored in a plastic bag with origoinal silica gel packet
Event Date 1/12/2005
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Polyester sequins (good condition), polyurethane foam stuffing (poor condition). Stuffing has yellowed, stiffened and shows signs of crumbling in the near future.
Assessed as part of the Plastics Project
Event Date 26/5/2017
Author: Rhian Ward
FM:265398
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