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09:41 06/10/2009
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Pendant (Hei-tiki)
- Culture: Maori
- Medium: Nephrite, halitosis shell
- Place Made: North Island, Hawke Bay, New Zealand
- Dates: 18th or early 19th century
- Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 2 x 1/2 in (11.4 x 5.1x 1.3 cm)
- Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
- Museum Location:
This item is not on view - Accession Number: 03.211
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Collection
- Image: Overall, 03.211.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Green nephrite ancestral pendant known as Hei-tiki. Anything in the shape of a man is a "tiki". Nephrite is a white to dark green variety of jade. In this piece, the Hei-tiki head is tilted to the right. Grooves indicate ribs. Pendant has a prominent breastplate, triangular mouth, and crest on its forehead. From catalogue card: Green jade pendant (hei tiki), the most characteristic of Maori personal ornaments. These pendants are kept in the family for many generations and are worn in remembrance of ancestors; in grotesque animal form. Head tilted right. Grooves indicate ribs. Condition: good. Source unknown.
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Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum 