Treasure Box (Wakahuia)

Medium

Wood, mother-of-pearl

Dimensions

H. 5 1/2 × W. 6 1/2 × D. 18 1/2 in. (14 × 16.5 × 47 cm)

Classification

Wood-Containers

Culture

Maori people, Te Arawa

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979

Accession Number

1979.206.1635a, b