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Description: | Old circular Geology label reads M2460/1. Recent Ethongraphy label reads E.1978.43. CULT Maori late 18th century New Zealand Polynesia This Maori ear pendant is straight and pendulous, tapering and flattening toward the top, with a decoration of two grooves at either side and a hole drilled through at top.
Such pendants were originally derived from the straight nephrite chisels which the Maori wore in their ears when not in use.
This ornament was moved from the Geology collection in 1978, and bears the label 'Original collection. Maori Ear pendants?check 'needles' in Lanfine collection.' They are thought to date from the Old Hunterian Collection before 1870, and may have been brought back on one of the three Pacific voyages of Captain Cook. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | MAORI : JEWELLERY : JEN : PCOOK : ETHNO1_2007 : ECK_COLLECTION : GEOLOGY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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