statuette pendant ' hei.tiki '

Title

statuette pendant ' hei.tiki '

Identifier

ABDUA:4034

Description

Neck-pendant, obverse represents figure with eyes inlaid with mother of pearl, cord in plaited vegetable fibre, toggle made of bird bone and decorated with incised hatching. Inscription: Label, ink, back: The E Tiki or Heir loom of the New Zealanders: C W Nockells Esq

Date

Early: 1750 Late: 1833

Format

H : 143 mm W: 74 mm

Coverage

Polynesia New.Zealand F

Source

Taranaki style

Relation

stone nephrite shell bone vegetable.fibre string

Abstract

Worn as a protective amulet. Important 'tikis' were treasured as heirlooms which accumulated the force, 'mana', of their successive owners. H. 7. THE E'TIKI, an heir-loom of the New Zealanders. C. W. Nockells.  Tiki in greenstone, obverse represents grotesque human figure, eyes inlaid with mother of pearl, reverse flat. Cord in plaited vegetable fibre, and button in bone of bird. Neck-pendant, heirloom of New Zealnders. - Presented by C W Nockells.

UUID

04112a03-aa60-4a7d-93a6-1492c7ff017c

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