| Native Name | Whakawae |
| Object Number | P3110 |
| 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 whakawae (door jamb). The back of the door jamb is flat, the front has four wheku (carved face that depicts an ancestor) figures, each standing on the other's head. Three of the figures have their tongues extended and their three-fingered hands lying across their stomachs. One figure has one of their hands against their mouth, the other resting against their middle. Next to the wheku figures is a panel of three manaia (spiritual guardian) faces, each separated by takarangi (double spiral) spirals. 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). |
| Length | 151 cm |
| Width | 56 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
| Other Number | 28308 - Dealer's Number |
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