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kuru

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

    greenstone ear pendant (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Kuru pounamu, greenstone ear pendant. These light green kuru pounamu taper to the distal. Both the front and back are flat and the surface are worn and polished.

  • Accession Number
    1981.71
  • Accession Date
    23 Feb 1981
  • Other Id

    49122.1 (ethnology)

    2773 (Taonga Database)

    2774 (Taonga Database)

  • Department
Kuru, 49122.1

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    31 Mar 2023
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