whakawae height 33 1/2in (85cm) Provenance English Private Collection Acquired by the present owner from the above Terrance Barrow, Ph.D. notes, "Storehouses (pataka) ranked with superior carved houses as the most important structures in a village. The best available carving talent was lavished on them and their carvings were prized by the community.[. . .] Pataka were used as foodstores but had a variety of other uses, including that of safeguarding rare and valued possession." (Maori Wood Sculpture of New Zealand, Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1969, p. 115) The tall and narrowly carved architectural element from an elevated storage house (pataka), depicting two tiki figures carved in high relief, each with enlarged foreheads above circular eyes inlaid with paua shells, broad open mouths with tongues sticking out and downwards, each three-fingered hand resting on their respective abdomens; dark brown patina with wear to surface indicative of significant age.
whakawae height 33 1/2in (85cm) Provenance English Private Collection Acquired by the present owner from the above Terrance Barrow, Ph.D. notes, "Storehouses (pataka) ranked with superior carved houses as the most important structures in a village. The best available carving talent was lavished on them and their carvings were prized by the community.[. . .] Pataka were used as foodstores but had a variety of other uses, including that of safeguarding rare and valued possession." (Maori Wood Sculpture of New Zealand, Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1969, p. 115) The tall and narrowly carved architectural element from an elevated storage house (pataka), depicting two tiki figures carved in high relief, each with enlarged foreheads above circular eyes inlaid with paua shells, broad open mouths with tongues sticking out and downwards, each three-fingered hand resting on their respective abdomens; dark brown patina with wear to surface indicative of significant age.
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