Wood, shell, pigment Height 22 1/2in (57cm) Provenance Collected by Mr. A. R. Langley, Raglan, New Zealand, ca. 1900 Archibald Campbell Robertson Collection, New Zealand (1881-1970) New Zealand Private Collection Acquired from the above by the present owner Two old reference numbers evident in white ink; "3B" refers to the East by West Exhibition and "127" relates to journal entry or collection number from Archibald Campbell Robertson Collection. Published and Exhibited Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand, East by West, The Phoenix Press Ltd. Printers, August 1926 Burial customs required corpses to be placed in seated positions. Anthropomorphic statues of this scale would most always be found near or incorporated within shrines. The skulls of important people, such as chiefs or priests, were collected after initial disposal and stored in shrines such as skull houses, model canoes, mortuary huts and stone altars. These then became sites of worship and sacrifice.
Wood, shell, pigment Height 22 1/2in (57cm) Provenance Collected by Mr. A. R. Langley, Raglan, New Zealand, ca. 1900 Archibald Campbell Robertson Collection, New Zealand (1881-1970) New Zealand Private Collection Acquired from the above by the present owner Two old reference numbers evident in white ink; "3B" refers to the East by West Exhibition and "127" relates to journal entry or collection number from Archibald Campbell Robertson Collection. Published and Exhibited Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand, East by West, The Phoenix Press Ltd. Printers, August 1926 Burial customs required corpses to be placed in seated positions. Anthropomorphic statues of this scale would most always be found near or incorporated within shrines. The skulls of important people, such as chiefs or priests, were collected after initial disposal and stored in shrines such as skull houses, model canoes, mortuary huts and stone altars. These then became sites of worship and sacrifice.
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