# Tekoteko (gable figure)

- By: Māori artist
- Date: 1820s
- Medium: Wood, paint
- Classification: Wood-Sculpture
- Dimensions: H. 26 in. × W. 11 1/4 in. × D. 3 1/4 in. (66 × 28.6 × 8.3 cm)
- Culture: Maori people, Te Arawa
- Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313626)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/DP-23333-001.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)