Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Pendant, He Kura
Complete straight pounamu pendant. Mid-green with light brown chatoyant bands. Surface is ground. Cross section is square. Proximal end has a squared off projection, with a suspension hole drilled from one side. A sawing mark runs from below the suspension hole to one side, about halfway down. Distal end is slightly oblique, with a bevel demarcated by a line on one side, indicating that pendant may have been reworked from a chisel.
Provenance Place:
Whareakeake, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D25.2634
Details
- Provenance Place
- Whareakeake, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 93 x 13 x 9.5mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D25.2634
- On Display
- Yes
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