Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Pendant, He Kura
Complete pounamu pendant. Tangiwai (bowenite) variety, dark green colour with longitudinal flaws running through it and high translucency. Surface is smoothly polished. Proximal end has been reduced, ground smooth, and drilled from both sides with a suspension hole. Roughly quadrangular in cross-section. Distal end has been squared off.
Production Primary Date:
Mid
Provenance Place:
Willowbridge, Waimate District, Canterbury, New Zealand, Anita Bay, Milford Sound, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand
D57.176
Details
- Provenance Place
- Willowbridge, Waimate District, Canterbury, New Zealand, Anita Bay, Milford Sound, Fiordland, Southland, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 138 x 14 x 10mm
- Credit Line
- Alexander Hornsey
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D57.176
- On Display
- No
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