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Tekoteko (gable figure)
Māori artist, 1820s
- Artist
- Māori artist
- Date
- 1820s
- Culture or place
- Maori people, Te Arawa
- Medium
- Wood, paint
- Size
- H. 26 in. × W. 11 1/4 in. × D. 3 1/4 in. (66 × 28.6 × 8.3 cm)
- Type
- Wood-Sculpture
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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