| Native Name | Whakawae |
| Object Number | 29-58-159C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Maori |
| Provenience | New Zealand |
| Period | Te Huringa I Period |
| Date Made | 1800 - 1900 CE |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Abalone |
| Description | A wooden whakawae (door jamb). The back of the door jamb is flat; the front has four vertically stacked figures, carved in the round. Each of the figures has three-fingered hands lying across their stomachs. Next to the figures is a panel of three manaia (spiritual guardian) figures, each separated by takarangi (double spiral) spirals. Rauponga surface carving. Each of the figures has pāua (abalone) shell eyes. 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). |
| Height | 193.5 cm |
| Width | 29 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Thomas Edward Donne, 1904 |
| Other Number | P1767 - Other Number |
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