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A rare 19th century greenstone hei tiki, greenstone is Kawakawa.…
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Auckland
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3-Dec-2014
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A rare 19th century greenstone hei tiki, greenstone is Kawakawa. The carving of this hei tiki is different, the neck is long and the body is a continuous smooth loop, with hourglass-shaped body holes. The oval head has shallow eye rings that are darkened, with high eyebrow grooves. The long thin nose leads to a simple heart-shaped mouth. Length 8.5 cm.
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Tribal: New Zealand Maori