Impressive Maori Pounamu Hei Tiki with Provenance
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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 240
- mere (club) 577
- ornaments and adornments 372
- tiki, greenstone / pounamu 122
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