Maori Pounamu Kuru Pendant from Flower Family Collection
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- Bowenite - Bowenite is a semi-precious stone, usually light or dark green, but also found in colors ranging from light yellow, canary yellow, brown, blue and gray. One of the largest deposits is in the South Island of New Zealand, where it was used for tools, weapons and jewellery by the Maori, and known as greenstone and tangiwai. Other deposits are in South Africa and China.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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Maori artefacts
- folk art 237
- kapeu, kuru (pendant) 166
- mere (club) 567
- ornaments and adornments 361
- pendants and lockets, set with - greenstone (pounamu, nephrite) 215
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