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  • Hei Matau

    Nephrite/pounamu, pale green kawakawa variety. Seal-like form. Matt polish. Hourglass perforation drilled both sides serves as eye with extending seal like nose. Semi-circular in form. O50.024...

  • Pendant

    Nephrite/pounamu, translucent with white oxidation over most of surface. Bird form. At distal end, right side curves to meet left (forming tail). Sides straight. Perforated...

  • Pendant

    Nephrite/pounamu, light, bright green, kawakawa variety. Rounded quadrangular in cross section Tapers to point at bottom and tapers to squared top Perforated...

  • Mere

    Mere pounamu/nephrite. Spatulate in shape. Perforated straight hole drilled with surface edge inset using modern machinery. Machine grinding angles apparent on handle and butt. Four...

  • Mere

    Pounamu/nephrite mere, kawakawa variety. Feather fractures and medium translucency. Chipped on both sides and lower edges of blade. Mainly dark green with some patches of...

  • Pendant

    Inaka pounamu/nephrite. Slender and tapering to a point. Oval in cross-section. Perforated with hourglass drilled hole. Natural crack runds from centre to just below point at...

  • Pendant

    Nephrite/pounamu, kawakawa variety. Distal end rounded with straight sided perforation centre. Proximal end also rounded. Pendant widens evenly from distal end to bottom. Hight translucency. D76.2086...

  • Pendant

    Nephrite/pounamu, feather fractures, low transparency, kawakawa variety. Unfinished taoka, abraided and polished on several faces, Proximal end trimmed diagonallly, perforation hole started on one side. Distal...

  • Pendant

    Nephrite/pounamu - headless human form. Top rather pointed, broken at perforation, drilled from both sides. Lower sides straight, distal edge curved ie concave thus forming 2...

  • Hei Tiki

    Hei tiki made from dark green coloured pounamu - kawakawa. Head of hei tiki is tilted to its right side. Red sealing wax is evident in...

  • Pendant

    Pounamu/nephrite ear pendant; kuru, auhuka variety. Needle shaped Circular cross section shaped to sharp point at bottom. Tapers slightly from proximal end. Perforation from both sides...

  • Hei Tiki

    Pounamu/nephrite. Kawakawa variety with mottled dark patches on mid green. Hei tiki head only unfinished. 2 eyes partly outlined with peak at crown. Head on side...

  • Pendant

    Pounamu pendant (Nephrite/kawakawa). Of uniformly green coloured stone. Made by modern techniques/tools. Surface is smoothly polished. Perforated at top with straight drilled hole. Rounded at both...

  • Pendant

    Pounamu/ nephrite pendant/kawakawa variety.Toki shaped with perforation off-centre. Slightly tapered from distal end end and rounded at proximal end. Three horizontal saw marks over perforation. Flat...

  • Hei Tiki, Fake

    Takiwai pounamu/nephrite. Head turned to right. both hands on thighs with three fingers. Large hole drille right of centre by eye. Sealing wax evident in eyes....

  • Hei Tiki

    Pounamu/Nephrite hei tiki, kawakawa variety. Has feather fractures, is slightly schistose and high translucency. No sealing wax in eyes. Original hole for cord broken out and...

  • Pendant

    Nephrite/pounamu, kawakawa Possible unfinished whao/chisel. Mediium translucency, some chatoyancy. One side flat and other side has three scarf faces. Distal end rises to point to one...

  • Pendant

    Nephrite/pounamu, kawakawa variety. Unfinished pendant,perforation hole marked at proximal (perforation) end but not drilled, head rounded. Distal end pointed and expands relativlely evenly to wider...

  • Pendant

    Pounamu/nephrite, kawakawa variety - dark green Elongated. Bird or Fish form Curves to left mid point - distal end with pointed tail projecting downwards to...

  • Chisel, Pendant

    Nephrite/pounamu, kawakawa variety. Chisel shaped, Rounded rectangular in cross section finely polished. Perforation drilled from both sides at proximal end through extended lug. Whao...

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