Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Pendant, He Kura
Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Light green kahurangi variety with white inclusions. Surface is ground with some bruising. Cross section is rectangular. Suspension hole drilled from both sides; evidence of broken-out suspension holes on the proximal edge. Slightly curved to one side, with a very oblique distal end. One side has a bevel demarcated by a line.
Provenance Place:
Golden Bay, New Zealand
D24.1113
Details
- Provenance Place
- Golden Bay, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 75 x 34 x 8mm
- Media/Materials
- greenstone, Jade, mineral, inorganic, Pounamu
- Credit Line
- Willi Fels Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D24.1113
- On Display
- No
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