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hei pounamu

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

    greenstone pendant (descriptive name)

  • Description

    A small almost semi-circular greenstone ornament, mid green with lighter shade fish scale effect on one side. It has a tiny cratered suspension hole, and is quadrangular in cross section.

  • Accession Number
    1925.220
  • Accession Date
    1925
  • Other Id

    6251 (ethnology)

    2413 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

Hei Pounamu, 6251

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  • Last Update
    31 Mar 2023

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