Cleveland Museum of Art
Door Lintel (Pare)
- Date
- 1800s
- Medium
- wood, pigment
- Culture
- Pacific Islands, Polynesia, New Zealand, Māori people
- Department
- Oceania
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
In the past, a lintel (pare) was placed over the entryway of Māori meeting houses, which are sacred structures. Thus, the visitor passed under the lintel’s central deity figure, often a female but here of unclear sex. To either side is an animal-like guardian spirit (manaia) shown in profile and facing outward; look for the feet grasping the lintel’s borders. Two guardian spirits (manaia) flank the central deity figure of this lintel (pare).
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