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Hei pounamu

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

    pendant (English)

  • Description

    Hei pounamu, greenstone pendant, a straight pendant of dense dark grey-green stone. This hei pounamu is almost round in section and has an countersunk perforation.

  • Accession Number
    1989.136
  • Accession Date
    19 Sep 1989
  • Other Id

    53268 (ethnology)

    1396 (Taonga Database)

  • Department
  • Display Room
Hei pounamu, 1989.136, 53268, 1396, Photographed 04 Jun… … Read more

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  • Display location

    Maori Court West

  • Last Update
    16 Dec 2020
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