aug 24, 1800 - Staff God
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Late 18th to Early 19th century
Wood, tapa, fiber and feathers
Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
Top had a carved head with several carved images below, lower end had a phallus (removed by missionaries because considered to be obscene) Believed to hold the manava or spirit of the god.
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