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Kaka poria

human history
  • Common Name
    bird ring
    food gathering / storage
  • Other Name

    bird leg ring (descriptive name)

  • Description

    This greenstone kaka poria is dark green in colour and is flat on the front and back, with a rounded edge. It has three small, notched projections on the ring. At one end is a three-sided projection, which has some notches along one edge, and a small countersunk hole. The surface of the stone is polished.

  • Accession Number
    1924.212
  • Accession Date
    30 Oct 1924
  • Other Id

    6422 (ethnology)

    2212 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Māori

Kaka poria, 6422

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  • Last Update
    31 Mar 2023
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