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Author: maa

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Author: Lucie Carreau

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Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card handwritten in black ink reads, '27.191 New Zealand. a Tiki [underlined] of green jade. A nice old specimen - rather on small side. The Curator bought this for £3 in Cambridge for Sir Wm. R. as he had asked him to find him one.’ No history came with it. Ridgeway Bequest.' Label attached to front of card in black typescript, ' Small specimen of dark green nephrite. The suspension lug is of South Island type. cm. 9.3 x 4.3 x 1.3.'

Red circular sticker bottom right of card; black and white photograph of object labelled 1927.191 attached to back of card.
Event Date 1927
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Analysis)
David Roy Simmons of the Auckland Museum notes, 'Rather small tiki of green jade or nephrite. The suspension lug is of the South Island type. It may date from the nineteenth century.'
Event Date 1/6/1978
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Amiria Salmond notes, 'David Simmons’ views on the provenance and dating of Maori artefacts are no longer considered reliable in New Zealand.' (23/10/2001)
Event Date 23/10/2001
Author: Heather Donoghue

Research Visit (Anthropology)
RES.2017.2369 | As part of her Pacific Presences fellowship Associate Prof Brown examined a series of tiki pounamu with a digital microscope with Dr Kat Zsabo in an attempt to determine if they had been re-worked from adzeheads.
Event Date 5/7/2017
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Hei Tiki and bone toggle. Small nephrite Hei Tiki (.1), with a detached bone toggle (.2), the string is not present.
Event Date 20/5/2025
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu