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Hei rakai

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

    pendant, twin-lobed

  • Description

    pendant, twin-lobed. Circular object filed through for 2/3 width forming two lobes joined by a 'bridge'. Serpentine. There is a small amount of stone chipped away from the inner side of one lobe.

  • Place
    Rangitikei River/North Island/New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    Rangitikei/Manawatu-Wanganui/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1932.127
  • Accession Date
    1932
  • Other Id

    17319 (ethnology)

    387 (Taonga Database)

    13870 (Asset Register)

  • Department

    Archaeology

  • Display Room

    Maori Court East

Hei rakai; twin-lobed pendant; 17319

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  • Hei rakai; twin-lobed pendant; 17319
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  • Hei rakai; twin-lobed pendant; 17319
  • Hei rakai; twin-lobed pendant; 17319
  • Hei rakai; twin-lobed pendant; 17319
  • Hei rakai; twin-lobed pendant; 17319
  • Hei rakai; twin-lobed pendant; 17319
  • hei rakai
  • Hei rakai; twin-lobed pendant; 17319

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