Mere pounamu - Greenstone clubs


E.54391 and E.54392. Made of pounamu (nephrite jade). Used by high-ranking chiefs. Aotearoa (New Zealand), iwi (tribe) unknown. Acquired by the Australian Museum in 1951 (E.54391) and 1955 (E.54392). Photo: S Humphreys, Australian Museum.

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