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Hei rakai

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

    Hard black polished stone

    pendant, reel

  • Description

    reel. Central ridge but does not flare up to the outside edges. There is wear on one side resulting from how it was worn. The perforation is 11 x 10 mm at one end, 10 x 10 mm at the other, narrowing to a small hole 3 mm diameter in the centre of the reel.

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    Coromandel/Coromandel District/Waikato/New Zealand

    Waihi Beach/Waihi/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1928.266
  • Accession Date
    1928
  • Other Id

    3057 (ethnology)

    394 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Archaeology

  • Display Room

    Maori Court East

Hei rakai; reel pendant; 3057

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  • Hei rakai; reel pendant; 3057
  • Hei rakai; reel pendant; 3057
  • Hei rakai; reel pendant; 3057
  • Hei rakai; reel pendant; 3057
  • Hei rakai; reel pendant; 3057
  • Hei rakai; reel pendant; 3057
  • Hei rakai; reel pendant; 3057
  • reel pendant
  • Hei rakai; reel pendant; 3057

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