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Turuturu (weaving peg)
Māori artist, Late 18th–early 19th century
- Artist
- Māori artist
- Date
- Late 18th–early 19th century
- Culture or place
- Maori people
- Medium
- Wood
- Size
- H. 14 5/8 × W. 1 1/2 × D. 1 7/8 in. (37.1 × 3.8 × 4.8 cm)
- Type
- Textiles-Implements
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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