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Pekapeka

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

    Manaia (Maori)

    pendant (English)

  • Description

    A greenstone pekapeka, very worn.

  • Accession Number
    1956.155.9
  • Accession Date
    1956
  • Other Id

    34759 (ethnology)

    2191 (Taonga Database)

  • Department
  • Display Room

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Display location

    Maori Court West

  • Last Update
    19 Oct 2022
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