mar 6, 1800 - Staff god
Description:
late 18th to Early 19th centuryWood, tapa, fiber and feathers
Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
• "God sticks" a wooden staff that represented deities worshipped by cook islanders before their conversion to Christianity
• They varied in sixe from 73cm to 4m
• Ironwood wrapped with backcloth
• Upper part is a carved head above smaller figures
• Lower end is a carved phallus, some missionaries considered them obscene and destroyed them
Added to timeline:
Date:
mar 6, 1800
Now
~ 225 years ago