Pre-European Maori Pounamu Hei Tiki
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- Pre-European - As applied to New Zealand Maori artifacts, the artifact dates to before Captain Cook (1760s and earlier)
This item has been included into following indexes:
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Maori artefacts
- folk art 237
- mere (club) 567
- ornaments and adornments 361
- tiki, greenstone / pounamu 122
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