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pendant

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

    hei pounamu (Maori)

  • Description

    Pendant. Made from greenstone and gold. A long oval pendant carved from greenstone. There is a hole at the top with a gold ring in it. Greenstone has black dots throughout.

  • Place
    Unknown
  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1960.87
  • Accession Date
    1960
  • Other Id

    col.1848 (colonial)

    36099.1 (ethnology)

    2699 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    History

    Social History

pendant, greenstone

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