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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:ISH.2021.200 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name carving Description Carving, human head made of white pumice stone (?). A protrusion from the neck which may have been to attach it to something. The eyes are carved from the whole and the pupils were inlaid with black material (one now missing) and wooden teeth are set into the mouth, five remain in the mouth. The face shows tattoo marking on the cheeks and on the forehead. Found in a bag with a printed card label: 'Tost & Rohu's Museum and showrooms' and handwritten 'Stone head used for club when mounted on handle British New Guinea'. Likely not Maori manufacture. Production place Polynesia, New Zealand? Production period 19th Century, 20th Century, early Material pumice, wood Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:ISH.2021.200
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

carving
Description

Carving, human head made of white pumice stone (?). A protrusion from the neck which may have been to attach it to something. The eyes are carved from the whole and the pupils were inlaid with black material (one now missing) and wooden teeth are set into the mouth, five remain in the mouth. The face shows tattoo marking on the cheeks and on the forehead. Found in a bag with a printed card label: 'Tost & Rohu's Museum and showrooms' and handwritten 'Stone head used for club when mounted on handle British New Guinea'. Likely not Maori manufacture.
Production place

Polynesia, New Zealand?
Production period

19th Century, 20th Century, early
Material

pumice, wood

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