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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand

Adorno for an incense burner or theatre-type censer. Mould made. Representation of a butterfly antenna. Curved base with a pointed end, raised band and cone-like top with splaying black 'feathers', one side down-curving. Eight ridges with curved ends denote the feathers. Back flat to concave. Base painted with red pigment, the top band with yellow and the feathered end and margins with black.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

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