Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Pendant, Stone, Worked, He Kura
Carved piece of red argillite, use unknown. Surface is ground and cross section is lenticular. One end is reduced, with curved side edges and a decorative end edge, similar to the butt of a patu. There is a Y-shaped carving on each side, creating shoulders with raised projections. Below the projections, the side edges are straight, and the other end edge is broken. There is a groove running lengthwise down the centre on both sides, slightly curved. One of the Y-shaped carvings has been outlined in pencil.
Provenance Place:
Waitaki River Mouth, Waitaki River, Canterbury, New Zealand
D30.575
Details
- Provenance Place
- Waitaki River Mouth, Waitaki River, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 96 x 52 x 20mm
- Media/Materials
- red argillite, argillite, Sedimentary, Rock, inorganic
- Credit Line
- McCully Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D30.575
- On Display
- No
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