Accession No

1927.191.1-2


Description

Hei Tiki and bone toggle. Small nephrite Hei Tiki with a detached bone toggle. The string is not present.


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Aotearoa New Zealand; ?South Island


Period


Source

Ridgeway, William (Professor Sir) [bequeather]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1927.191.1-2


Cultural Affliation

Māori


Material

Stone; Jade; Nephrite; Bone


Local Term

Hei tiki


Measurements

43mm x 93mm x 13mm


Events

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Event Date
Author: maa


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Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


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Event Date
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


FM:98215

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