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jan 1, 1800 - Staff God

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Late 18th to Early 19th century
Wood, tapa, fiber and feathers
Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
Cook islanders worshipped wooden images in human form known as “god-sticks”
73 cm to 4 m in length made of ironwood (men)
wrapped in barkcloth(women)

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Date:

jan 1, 1800
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~ 225 years ago

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