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Hei tiki

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

    large hei tiki taken in battle by Hongi Hika (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Greenstone pendant, hei tiki.

  • Accession Number
    1914.92
  • Accession Date
    1914
  • Other Id

    5971 (ethnology)

    1549 (Taonga Database)

  • Department
  • Display Room

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Display location

    Maori Court East

  • Last Update
    06 Jan 2020
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