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kuru

human history
  • Common Name
    Greenstone pendant
    body adornments / ornaments
  • Other Name

    greenstone pendant (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Greenstone pendant - kuru mahora of inanga jade. Bullet shaped at the distal end, this pendant is quite ovular in section. Mostly mid green with some silvery mottling through it, and the odd dark splotch. It has a cratered hole and tapers to a blunt point at the other end.

  • Accession Number
    1956.155.11
  • Accession Date
    1956
  • Other Id

    34760.2 (ethnology)

    2682 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

Kuru, 34760.2

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  • Last Update
    31 Mar 2023
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