Figurine

Maker
Wausiqau
Description
A woman carries coconut water vessels, two on each side. This carving is slightly unusual in that the ear plugs, arm, neck or head bands are not accentuated with nautilus shell in the usual way of the south-eastern Solomons.
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Maker
Media/Materials
Wood and shell
Measurements
475 x 128 x 128mm HxWxD
Production place
Maniwaro, Santa Catalina, Solomon Islands
Collection
Mead Collection/Solomon Island/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1973/49/11

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