| Native Name | Whakawae |
| Object Number | 18077 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Maori |
| Provenience | New Zealand |
| Period | Te Huringa I Period |
| Date Made | 1800 - 1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | A wooden fragment of a whakawae (door jamb). The back of the fragment is flat, the front has a wheku figure with hands held against the stomach and an extended tongue. Whakawae are carved side posts that are part of a wharenui (meeting house). They help support the weight of the maihi (facing boards on the gable of a house). A wheku is a carved human face that often represents the head of an ancestor. |
| Length | 30.6 cm |
| Width | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of William Pepper, 1891 |
| Other Number | 43 - Other Number | Box 25 - Other Number |
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