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Object Number
89-41-70/55996
Display Title
Fetish, neck pendant ("kg-wakatere-kohu-kohu") of nephrite ("hei-tiki")
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pendant, carved jade anthropomorphic figure, worn, broken perforation at top
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Materials
Jade
Dimensions
Overall: 8.1 x 5.2 x 1.2 cm (3 3/16 x 2 1/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
89-41-70/55996; #####/147
Provenance
Collector
Bradford Maxwell
(1835)
Seller
Miss Stearns
(1889)
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