Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Pendant, He Kura
Complete pounamu/nephrite pendant. Dark green mottled with black, kawakawa variety. Surface is ground smooth with some small flakes chipped off of distal end. Proximal shape is rounded in the shape of a fish or a bird head with suspension hole for the eye and a drilled notch at the proximal edge for the mouth. Distal end is sharp and oblique, similar to the cutting edge of an adze, with a bevel on one side demarcated by lines.
Provenance Place:
Temuka, Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D54.94
Details
- Provenance Place
- Temuka, Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 47 x 17 x 5mm
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D54.94
- On Display
- No
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