Carved pillar

Museum number:
11-2252
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.642
Description:
Finely large carved pillar of tolara wood from carved meeting house, designed to hold the lower end of a rafter.
Donor:
Otago University Museum
Collection place:
New Zealand
Culture or time period:
Maori
Materials:
Wood (plant material) (tolara)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Pillars (structural elements)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1928
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 241 centimeters, height 8 centimeters, and width 51 centimeters
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown), S1964-1965 #71: University at Emerson, Lytton Center, Lytton Savings and Loan Association (March 26, 1965–June 16, 1965), S1970-1971 #21: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 12, 1970–January 20, 1971), and S1973-1974 #17: San Diego Museum of Art (May 31, 1973–January 10, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Carved pillar, accession number 11-2252, described as Finely large carved pillar of tolara wood from carved meeting house, designed to hold the lower end of a rafter.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Carved pillar, accession number 11-2252, described as Finely large carved pillar of tolara wood from carved meeting house, designed to hold the lower end of a rafter.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Carved pillar, accession number 11-2252, described as Finely large carved pillar of tolara wood from carved meeting house, designed to hold the lower end of a rafter.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Carved pillar, accession number 11-2252, described as Finely large carved pillar of tolara wood from carved meeting house, designed to hold the lower end of a rafter.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Carved pillar, accession number 11-2252, described as Finely large carved pillar of tolara wood from carved meeting house, designed to hold the lower end of a rafter.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Carved pillar, accession number 11-2252, described as Finely large carved pillar of tolara wood from carved meeting house, designed to hold the lower end of a rafter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carved pillar, accession number 11-2252, described as Finely large carved pillar of tolara wood from carved meeting house, designed to hold the lower end of a rafter.

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