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hei pounamu

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

    greenstone pendant (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Greenstone chisel or gouge, smooth on one surface, there is surface loss on the other side. Coloured mid to dark green with occasional white smudge. There is a straight break across one end and a blunt point at the other. It is quadrangular in cross section.

  • Accession Date
    1914
  • Other Id

    5840 (ethnology)

    3184 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

Kuru, 5840

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Artefact

  • Last Update
    31 Mar 2023
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