Abstract
This beautifully carved object is a placenta bowl, or “ipu whenua,” carved circa 1900 by an unknown artist from the Rotorua region of New Zealand. It was created from a native Matai hardwood and inset with abalone shell. The bowl is intricately carved with overlapping animals and ancestral figures termed Tiki. The Tiki represent strength, communication and fertility. These carvings represent legends passed through generations of Maori people at least since New Zealand was discovered by Polynesian people over 2000years ago and likely long into the distant past.
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