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Description: | MANU unknown late 18th century Perhaps West Coast around Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand Polynesia This is an abstract figure with tongue out and shell inlays for eyes . Incised marks suggest tattoos on the nose. Heitiki were made using cord drills and sandstone saws and files to shape the hard jade. This particular shade of jade is called kawakawa, comparing it to the green of the kawakawa plant. The original suspension hole has worn through and a new one has been made. Both holes were made by using stone tools (per Roger Neich, 2006) | 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 : NFA : ETHNO1_2007 : | 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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