Catalogue Description:
Maori wood carving of a Karupe or Pare (door lintel) with only one figure instead of the usual three. The central figure is a female with clasped hands, short legs and a typical grotesque face ornamented with green shell eyes. To either side the wood is carved into nonsymmetrical small swirls etc and two larger figures, one resembling a serpent. The bottom section appears to depict a platform where there is little openwork. The object is carved on the back as well, and there is partial finished detail on the back. There is no presence of a surface coating and the object is not painted.
