Artifact Number:
B.10548d
Object:
IMAGE
To'o
Material:
plant (coconut), feather
Dimensions:
42.8 x 10 x 9.3 cm
Origin:
Tahiti, Society Islands, Polynesia
Comments:
To'o image. Wrapped in tapa, tied with sennit.
Two-pair twine with coir cord. Designs worked out through use of red-stained coir: geometric patterns. Includes cordage which wrapped around image to hold feathers in place. Collected from bluff shelter in 1925 by Emory. Thought to represent Tahitian ancestral deity of war, 'Oro. The red coloring of the image was considered a sacred color in many areas of Polynesia.
Collection Name:
Main Page Search Page