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Hei tiki

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

    greenstone pendant (descriptive name)

  • Description

    This greenstone hei tiki is dark green in colour and highly polished. There is light green colouring on the stomach and legs. The head is to the right shoulder and the hands rest on the thighs. The suspension hole is broken.

  • Accession Date
    1895
  • Other Id

    517 (ethnology)

    1463 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

  • Display Room

    Maori Court East

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Display location

    Maori Court East

  • Last Update
    23 May 2017
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