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kuru

human history
  • Common Name
    Chest ornaments
    Greenstone pendant
  • Other Name

    greenstone ear pendant (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Kuru, greenstone pendants x2, teardrop shape. One kuru is made from dark green pounamu. It flares from the top to a rounded distal and has no suspension hole. The surface is polished. The other kuru is dark green in colour. It has straight sides, a rounded proximal end (with no suspension hole), and a flat distal end, curved at the corners. The back and front are slightly convex and the surface is worn and polished.

  • Accession Number
    1984.6
  • Accession Date
    11 Jan 1984
  • Other Id

    50697.1 (ethnology)

    2801 (Taonga Database)

    2802 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

Kuru, 50697.1

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  • Last Update
    31 Mar 2023
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