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kuru

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

    greenstone pendant (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Rectangular in shape, this greenstone pendant is grey with whitish swirl through.The top edge is curved with a cratered suspension hole. There is another groove below the hole where drilling was started but not continued. The distal edge is not straight.

  • Accession Number
    1932.455
  • Accession Date
    10 Aug 1932
  • Other Id

    18627.3 (ethnology)

    2556 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

Kuru, 18627.3

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  • Last Update
    31 Mar 2023
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