greenstone - Maori artefacts
95 item(s) found, 1-50 shown:
Early 20th century greenstone mere three carved ridges to butt, three chips to edge. Length 23 cm
Greenstone pendant with hour glass hole. Length 5 cm
Greenstone pendant with hour glass hole. Length 5 cm
Smaller worked greenstone piece with hour glass hole. Length 6.5 cm
Worked greenstone piece with hour glass hole, one side polished. Length 21 cm
Greenstone ear pendant very small suspension hole. Length 7 cm
Greenstone 20th century Mania pendant length 7.5 cm
Maori 20th century greenstone tiki length 10 cm, width 6 cm
Maori greenstone adze. Good cutting edge, sides have stone carved grooves. Length 13.5 cm
20th century Maori greenstone scraper. Used for scraping flax. Length 10 cm
20th century whalebone Maori hafted adze. Greenstone adze lashed to whalebone shaft and foot. Intrically carved with Mania, tiki and lizard figures. Length 40 cm
20th century Maori greenstone Hei tiki. C.1920 stone carved translucent greenstone, red sealing wax has been added to the eyes. Hour glass suspension hole. Length 6.5 cm
Contact period Maori greenstone adze. Smooth greenstone with good cutting edge. Length 15 cm
Pre European late 18th century pre European important Maori greenstone Hei tiki. Lovely stone carved greenstone with two hour glass suspension holes, one worn/broken. Rounded fat belly Purchased by Dr. G. F.…
Contact period Maori greenstone adze. This greenstone has milky green and golden shades. Length 9.5 cm
Contact period Maori greenstone adze. This greenstone has amber/golden shades. Length 11.2 cm
C. 1870's period Maori greenstone adze. Note underneath: 'H.N. Moseley. New Zealand jade. Worked by natives. Commencement of a carving' H.N. Moseley was a naturalist aboard 'The Challenger' that sailed around the world in 1872-1876. Length 7.5 cm
Two contact period Maori greenstone chisels. One has a worn/broken suspension hole. Length 7.5 cm, 6 cm
Contact period Maori greenstone pendant. Translucent greenstone with hour glass suspension hole. Length 6 cm
Contact period early 19th century Maori greenstone Hei-tiki. Dark greenstone with light flecks, thick body, right hand on chest. Red sealing wax in the eyes and hour glass shaped hole Provenance: purchased in Christies London, 23/4/76, Lot 170.…
Extremley rare 17th/18th century greenstone mere, with no ridges in the butt. This was typical of 16th/17th C. Pre European meres. Ridge butts were really a decoration that came in the 1700's onwards) . Nice dark green colour with waves of lighter green.…
Contact period Maori greenstone adze. Good quality stone, some small chips to sides. Length 32 cm
A Maori stone toki adze a mid grey stone, untanged and quadrangular cross-sectioned. Polished all over, dull edge with a large chip. Length 11.2 cm. Width 5 cm. Height 3.5 cm. Y13785.…
Three pieces of greenstone one unworked, the others partially polished
Four Maori stone toki adzes consisting of argillite, basalt and greenstone. Unfinished and or broken, untanged, quadrangular cross-sectioned adzes, the largest dimension; length 12.5 cm. Width 4.5 cm. Height 3 cm. Y13769, Y13766, Y13767, Y13768
A Maori pre-European greenstone adze (toki) of curved tapered form with large smoothed bevel, pronounced grain running through the stone. 6 cm x 2.4 cm x 11.4 cm
A contemporary greenstone mere. Length 27 cm.
20th century greenstone Peka Peka with serrated paua shell eyes. Carved by Charlie Wilson, good quality. Length 6.5 cm
Extremely rare 17th century greenstone mere with old hand drilled hour glass hole and a suggestion of one ridge on the butt. Very good green colour greenstone with small black flecks. Little nibbles to edge. Length 30.5 cm
The 'Kronfeld mere' - rare & magnificent 18th century greenstone mere. History: Known as the Kronfeld mere (also, the 'P&O mere') after the first collectors, Dr. And Mrs M. Kronfeld, who presented it to the NZ Shipping Company Ltd.…
20th century greenstone Maori tiki. Good colour; head to right shoulder, hands on hips. Length 9 cm
Contact period Maori greenstone Hei tiki. Beautifully stone carved Kawakawa type, old hour glass suspension hole to back of head, good spinach green colour. Old break, missing bottom legs. Head to right, hands on thighs. Length 9 cm
Maori stone adze blade. Traces of greenstone. 110mm length
20th century greenstone mere ridged butt 28.5 cm. Length
A superb quality contact period late 18th century or early 19th century greenstone tiki, the greenstone colour is the most sought after, ?Pale green inanga? prized by the Maori chiefs for personal use.…
Contact period 19th century Maori greenstone Hei tiki. Stone carved head to left shoulder, squat form. Eye drilled through. This tiki would have been worn side-on originally. Length 5.5 cm
19th century Maori greenstone pendant Unfinished. Beginnings of suspension hole, good quality pounamu. Length 14 cm. (Webster no. 26)
Important 18th century pre-European Maori dark greenstone mere, of great age and patina. Top butt worn, good patina and old hour glass hole, stone carved. Length 36.5 cm
Maori greenstone mere c.1890s of good shape and dark green colour. Length 36 cm
Contact period 18th century Maori greenstone Peka Peka. Pale green colour, rare elongated shape with manaia bird-like head up top. Length 6 cm
18th century large Maori greenstone adze unfinished, incomplete with stone carved grooves on both sides. Length 32 cm
Well carved greenstone (Pounamu) Hei-tiki by Russell Clark, modelled with head tilted, chin to left shoulder, ring eyes, open mouth with protruding tongue and hands clasping thighs. Pierced at the forhead with a plaited flax suspension cord. Length 11 cm.
Single Huia feather, the Huia's feathers were valued highly and exchanged for other valuable goods such as greenstone and shark teeth, or given as tokens of friendship and respect.…
An early Maori greenstone pendant (kapeu) of highly unusual square section, pierced with a hourglass-shaped hole at the top
A fine 19th century Maori greenstone club, early 20th century
Three Maori greenstone and basalt adze blades, together with two Maori greenstone chisels, 19th/20th century
Two modern Maori greenstone clubs, (Patu), one in leather sheath
Hei tiki, greenstone, 19th / 20th century, Paul shell eyes. Y#13313. 10.5 cm x 6.5 cm x .8 cm
Greenstone pendant (Kuru) slightly tapered to rounded point. Length 9.5 cm.
Small greenstone tiki late 19th century on 9ct gold chain. Tiki length 4.5 cm. Gold chain length 42 cm. No Y number required
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