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kuru

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

    greenstone pendant (descriptive name)

  • Description

    This kuru is made from light grey-green pounamu, with dark striations throughout. It tapers gradually to a rounded point, and the other end has a cratered suspension hole. There is a worn horizontal groove at the mid-section.

  • Accession Number
    1931.276
  • Accession Date
    28 May 1931
  • Other Id

    16433.3 (ethnology)

    2522 (Taonga Database)

  • Department
Kuru, 16433.3

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    31 Mar 2023
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