Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Pendant, Hei Matau, He Kura
Complete pounamu hei matau pendant. Cream and light brown with a pale green tint. Surface is ground smooth. Suspension hole drilled from both sides at the internal side of the head. There is an internal notch and an external knob at the head. A crack runs vertically along from mid-shank to the base, with a grey discolouration that may indicated it has been stabilised with some material. There is an indentation on one side of the base of the point. The point curves into a rounded, double-barbed tip. A piece of one side of the point has broken off.
Provenance Place:
Pahia, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
D24.1417
Details
- Provenance Place
- Pahia, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 79 x 84 x 12mm
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr Willi Fels
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D24.1417
- On Display
- Yes
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