Pendant

hei tiki

Object data

Inv. No.

23

Object Name

Pendant

Collection

James Cook (1728 Marton cum Cleveland/Yorkshire - 1779 Kealakekua (Big Isle Hawaii)) - GND

Acquired by

Parkinsonsches Museum

Dated

ca. 1769

Accession Date

1806

Material

Green stone (nephrite), haliotis shells, bird bones, flax fibres

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