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Kuru

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

    greenstone pendant (descriptive name)

    tangiwai greenstone pendant (descriptive name)

  • Description

    A long tangiwai chisel pendant, quadrangular in cross secion, of light and mid green colours with some fish scale effect. It has an off centre cratered suspension hole where one wall of the hole cuts into the side. It has a barely discernible beval which is undifferentiated, and the bottom curves slightly to one side, like a "J". It is highly polished.

  • Accession Number
    1934.261
  • Accession Date
    19 Jul 1934
  • Other Id

    20593 (ethnology)

    2576 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

Kuru, 20593

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  • Last Update
    31 Mar 2023
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