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Tekoteko (gable figure)
Mid-18th century
- Medium
- Wood, shell (pāua)
- Classification
- Wood-Sculpture
- Dimensions
- H. 43 x W. 3 5/8 x D. 4 1/2 in. (109.2 x 9.2 x 11.4 cm)
- Culture
- Māori
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
- Credit line
- Purchase, 2019 Benefit Fund, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, Philippe de Montebello and 2020 Benefit Funds, Andrea Bollt Bequest, in memory of Robert Bollt Sr. and Robert Bollt Jr., Mariana and Ray Herrmann and Gordon Sze…
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
