Tauihu (Canoe Figurehead)
about 1800
Culture
Maori
Locale
Polynesia
Country
New Zealand
Object
prow, canoe
Medium
Wood and Pāua (abalone shell)
Accession Number
1949.4464
Credit Line
Native Arts acquisition fund
Maori artist, Tauihu (Canoe Figurehead), About 1800. Wood and Pāua (abalone shell); 15 7/8 x 7 x 42 in. Denver Art Museum: Native Arts acquisition funds, 1949.4464. Photography © Denver Art Museum
Dimensions
height: 15 7/8 in, 40.3225 cm; width: 7 in, 17.7800 cm; length: 42 in, 106.6800 cm
Department
Native Arts
Collection
Arts of Oceania
Known Provenance
Fred Harvey collection, Albuquerque, before 1915 to about 1940. Julius Carlebach, New York, NY, between about 1940 to 1949; Denver Art Museum, 1949.
