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kuru

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

    greenstone pendant (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Uniformly dark green, of high polish, this pendant has a rounded top edge, with straight sides that end in a rounded distal edge. It has a countersunk suspension hole and is ovular in cross-section.

  • Accession Number
    1971.69
  • Accession Date
    1971
  • Other Id

    44550 (ethnology)

    3209 (Taonga Database)

  • Department
Kuru, 44550

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    31 Mar 2023
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