Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Hei Matau, Pendant, He Kura
Complete pounamu hei matau pendant. Mid-green with light brown and light green inclusions. Surface is ground. Head has one complete suspension hole, drilled mostly from one side, and one incomplete suspension hole, broken at the proximal end. There is an external knob at the head. The point is rounded and double-sided, with an incurved tip on one side edge and a knob on the external side edge.
Provenance Place:
Heyward Point, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D28.523
Details
- Provenance Place
- Heyward Point, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 68 x 67 x 10mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D28.523
- On Display
- Yes
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