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koropepe

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

    pendant

  • Description

    pendant, koropepe, bone, sea mammal. One side plain. Manaia "beak" design on end. Perforation 2mm diameter on outside edge of spiral. Conservation number 375. Height 57mm, width 59mm thickness 6mm. Repaired, several pieces, bone weathered. Was in a wooden frame, labelled 50373.2

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    Coromandel/Coromandel District/Waikato/New Zealand

    Oruarangi/Matatoki/Coromandel District/Waikato/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1982.272
  • Accession Date
    26 Oct 1982
  • Other Id

    50373.1 (ethnology)

    13849 (Asset Register)

    2153 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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