Hei tiki - Greenstone pendants


Pun 899 and E.48984. Made of pounamu (nephrite jade). Ancient iconic figure symbolising the first human foetus. Aotearoa (New Zealand), iwi (tribe) unknown. Acquired by the Australian Museum in 1940. Photo: S Humphreys, Australian Museum.

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