Hei tiki pounamu contact period, asymmetrical form with right…
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Hei tiki pounamu contact period, asymmetrical form with right hand to chest and left hand to thigh, suspension hole flared on reverse, height 10 cm. Provenance: Neil Darroch collection, formerly purchased Dunbar Sloane 1988

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  • Contact Period - As applied to New Zealand Maori artifacts, the artefact dates from the 1790s to the 1840s

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