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Hei pounamu

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

    large flat wedge-shaped greenstone pendant (descriptive name)

  • Description

    This large flat wedge-shaped pendant is translucent mid-green in colour. It has a small chip out of one side.

  • Accession Number
    1924.212
  • Accession Date
    30 Oct 1924
  • Other Id

    6445 (ethnology)

    1192 (Taonga Database)

  • Department
  • Display Room

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Display location

    Maori Court West

  • Last Update
    20 Sep 2022
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