Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Hei tiki
Complete pounamu hei tiki. Light green inanga variety. Profile is unusual concave shape. Head turned to left with shallow markings outlining mouth. Red sealing wax in eyes and nose clearly indicated. Large suspension hole drilled above one eye. Four notches on forehead. Arms on hips but no hands or fingers. Feather crack on rear situated at shoulder blades and another at left rear side of forehead.
Provenance Place:
New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand
D12.7
Details
- Provenance Place
- New Plymouth District, Taranaki, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 94 x 48 x 8mm
- Credit Line
- Mrs Elizabeth Hocken
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D12.7
- On Display
- No
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