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Hei pounamu

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

    greenstone chisel pendant (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Manufactured from inanga, coloured greyish green through the top two thirds of this pendant, there are some light brown horizontal streaks through this area. The lower third has streaks of grey/black overlaying the green. It tapers in slightly at both ends with straight side edges. There is loss at the top edge and no suspension hole. There is a chip in the rounded distal edge. This pendant is lenticular in cross section.

  • Accession Number
    1929.178
  • Accession Date
    1929
  • Other Id

    3920.5 (ethnology)

    2356 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

Kuru, 3920.5

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Artefact

  • Last Update
    31 Mar 2023
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