Female Figure

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MMA_.1979.206.1470

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MMA_.1979.206.1470

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

aly

2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

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Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Pacific; Polynesian; Tongan

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Asian; Pacific; Polynesian; Tongan

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Tongan people

crt

Tongan people

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Female Figure

otn

Female Figure

Title

false

View:

Full View

rid

Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

early 19th century

oct

early 19th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1800

ocs

1800

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1833

oce

1833

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Whale ivory

omd

Whale ivory

Materials and Techniques

false

Dimensions:

H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

met

H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

oon

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

oop

New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1979.206.1470

ooa

1979.206.1470

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

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

ooc

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

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

orl

<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Although most Polynesian peoples appear to have made and used human images, few such objects have survived to the present day. Most were destroyed under the influence of Christian missionaries, who viewed such sculptures as "graven images." Small female figures in ivory were known from the Tongan archipelago as early as the late eighteenth century. Formerly referred to as goddesses, these figures are now thought to represent important female ancestors. A number of Tongan ivories were traded to the neighboring Fiji islands, where they were used during religious rites. This particularly expressive example was collected on the Fijian island of Viti Levu by the Reverend Cyril G. Hawdon in 1868.

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<P>Although most Polynesian peoples appear to have made and used human images, few such objects have survived to the present day. Most were destroyed under the influence of Christian missionaries, who viewed such sculptures as "graven images." Small female figures in ivory were known from the Tongan archipelago as early as the late eighteenth century. Formerly referred to as goddesses, these figures are now thought to represent important female ancestors. A number of Tongan ivories were traded to the neighboring Fiji islands, where they were used during religious rites. This particularly expressive example was collected on the Fijian island of Viti Levu by the Reverend Cyril G. Hawdon in 1868.</P>

Context

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