Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Pendant, Stone, Worked, He Kura
Piece of worked pounamu/nephrite. Pale green tangiwai variety, high translucency. Surface is ground on one side and flaked on other side. Small rounded proximal projection with notches on either side at base, possibly meant to function as a suspension device, worn as a pendant. Four pointed projections, two on each side edge, most notable on the distal edge, which is oblique.
Production Primary Date:
Mid
Provenance Place:
Pūrākaunui, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D20.343
Details
- Provenance Place
- Pūrākaunui, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 35 x 21 x 2mm
- Credit Line
- James Murdoch
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D20.343
- On Display
- No
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