id:			136928
accession number:	1961.405
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.405
updated:		2025-02-09 02:30:54.361000

Treasure Box (Wakahuia), 1800s. Polynesia, New Zealand, Maori people, 19th century. Wood with abalone shell; overall: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken 1961.405

title:				Treasure Box (Wakahuia)
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creation date:			1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken
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culture:	Polynesia, New Zealand, Maori people, 19th century
technique:	wood with abalone shell
department:	Oceania
collection:	Oceanic Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Imagination of Primitive Man
	opening date:   1962-01-18T05:00:00
	<i>The Imagination of Primitive Man</i>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (organizer) (January 18-February 25, 1962).

	title:		Year in Review - 1962
	opening date:   1962-10-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - 1962</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 40, p. 117, color repr. p. 52.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Harry Beasley
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	Harry Beasley
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CITATIONS

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. 
	page number: 	p. 117, color repr. p. 52, no. 40.
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