ornaments and adornments - Maori artefacts
53 item(s) found, 1-50 shown:
Late 19th century bone spiral eel pendant from Palmerston north Region. Given as a lucky charm to Bruce Beale Captain and adjutant at the Boer war 1902 before he left NZ Bruce lived to 99 years old
Late 19th century Maori wooden taiaha kura WIth carved tongue and remnants of dog hair and feathers woven into a fabric collar. Length 146 cm
Greenstone pendant with hour glass hole. Length 5 cm
Greenstone pendant with hour glass hole. Length 5 cm
Greenstone ear pendant very small suspension hole. Length 7 cm
Greenstone 20th century Mania pendant length 7.5 cm
Contact period Maori greenstone pendant. Translucent greenstone with hour glass suspension hole. Length 6 cm
Contact period Maori stone pendant. A frosted milky light green coloured stone. Length 5.5 cm
A kiwi feather 'collar', the feathers joined and woven through by strong thread. Length 59 cm
Small Taiaha with Muka collar, a light and slender taiaha with a simple, classic face and tongue below which sits a muka collar. Length 152 cm. Width 2.5 cm.
Kuru Pounamu - pendant, orthodox form with hourglass suspension hole. Height 14 cm. Width 1 cm.
Fine Kuru Pounamu - pendant, transluscent pounamu with traditionally manufactured suspension hole. Height 6.2 cm. Width .8 cm.
Pounamu adornment with gold suspension ring, transitional style in ovoid form. Length 9 cm. Width .9 cm.
Kuru pounamu, Inanga variety pendant with pierced suspension hole. Length 7 cm
Kuru pounamu, large kawakawa variety pendant with pierced suspension hole. Length 11.5 cm
Kuru pounamu, Kawakawa pounamu pendant of large size and orthodox form with pierced suspension hole. Length 13.8 cm
A Koropepe pounamu pendant, pierced to the head and body section L.5 cm W.4.5 cm
A pounamu pendant, of unusual avian form with pierced suspension hole W.3.5 cm
Pounamu Hei Matu, fish hook pendant in translucent tangiwai L.2.8 cm
20th century Maori white stone carved tiki head pendant length 7 cm
Fine Kuru Pounamu - ear adornment, beautiful sinouos form fashioned from prestigeous pounamu with soft worn surface. Double sided hourglass suspension hole. Length 14.7 cm. Width 1.2 cm
Fine Kuru Pounamu - ear adornment, of long flattened ovoid form with pierced hour glass suspension hole for muka cord. Nephrite of inanga type. Length 9.2 cm. Width 1.1 cm
Fine Kuru Pounamu - ear adornment, of flattened ovoid form with pierced hour glass suspension hole for muka cord. Nephrite of inanga type. Length 5.8 cm. Width .9 cm
Toki Pounamu and Hei, small chisel and large pendant. Length 9.7 cm. Width 2.2 cm and length 3 cm. Width 9 cm
Kuru Pounamu ear adornment, tongiwai with hour shaped incision. Length 72.4 cm. Width 1.2 cm
19th century Maori greenstone pendant Unfinished. Beginnings of suspension hole, good quality pounamu. Length 14 cm. (Webster no. 26)
A rare and important 18th century pre-European Maori wooden Tekoteko Gable ornament. Stone carved, with a tiki face at the bottom, one finger is missing to the mouth and old wooden grain damage left hand side with some traces of a creamy waxy residue.…
Extremely rare yellow Pounamu adornment, both beautiful and powerful, this adornment would have signalled the mana and high rank of both the creator and the owner. Its fine elongated form is without doubt the work of a master craftsman.…
Fine Kuru Pounamu ear adornment, Museum registered. Long fine ovoid form. Incisioned hour glass suspension hole for muka cord. Nephrite of tangiwai type. Length 10.1 cm. Width 1.3 cm.
Large Pounamu adornment, long fine ovoid form. Incisioned hour glass suspension for muka cord. Nephrite. Length 13.4 cm. Width 1.7 cm.
Kuru Pounamu ear adornment, long fine ovoid form. Incisioned hour glass suspension hole for muka cord with bevelled shoulders. Nephrite. Length 8.5 cm. Width 1.2 cm.
Pounamu adornment - fragment, gauge section with worked scarves to each lateral side. Broken at poll then later drilled. Polished nephrite (kawakawa variety). Length 6 cm. Width 2 cm.
Kuru Pounamu ear adornment, Museum registered. Transitional style in ovoid angular bevel form. Incisioned hour glass suspension hole, Nephrite. Note: Eady collection Ex. Auckland Museum. Length 6.2 cm. Width 1.2 cm.
Pounamu adornment with gold clasp, transitional style in ovoid form. Nephrite. Length 6.5 cm. Width 1 cm.
Pounamu adornment with a gold suspension ring, transitional style in ovoid form. Nephrite. Length 6.5 cm. Width 1.5 cm.
Pekapeka adornment, in an abstract pair of bird form. Hourglass incisioned suspension hole. Pounamu. Width 4.5 cm D2.8 cm.
Large Pounamu toki Pou Tangata, a superb adze from the Kaikoura district. Conical formed suspension hole indicates this adze would have been used for ceremonial and adornment purposes. Light inanga pounamu. Pre European, classic period. Length 18.9 cm.…
An early Maori greenstone pendant (kapeu) of highly unusual square section, pierced with a hourglass-shaped hole at the top
A nephrite Maori Hei tiki together with a Nephrite Maori ear pendant, 20th century
Greenstone pendant (Kuru) slightly tapered to rounded point. Length 9.5 cm.
Kuru - greenstone pendant tapering to a point. Cratered suspension hole with copper link attached. Length 8.7 cm.
Late 18th century greenstone pendant with excellent thong hole, good heavy weight. Length 14.5 cm
Maori bone pendant Hollow inside. Length 7.6 cm
A Maori carved bone pendant an elongated, curved pendant with rounded ends, tapering to the top. Drilled suspension hole and carved chevron style pattern near the top. Length 9.7 cm.
Maori pale greenstone pendant, later suspension ring. Recovered dune/beach Gisborne area
Maori whale bone pendant, Recovered dune/beach Gisborne area
Maori greenstone pendant, later suspension ring. Recovered dune/beach Gisborne area
Maori bone pendant and Maori Mako shark tooth pendant, Recovered dune/beach Gisborne area
20th century Maori whale's tooth Amulet/ pendant (Rei puta) with incised eyes and 3 holes across the top. Possibly from the Northland region. Length 11 cm
Maori greenstone pendant, with hourglass hole for hanging
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