Description (Physical description)
Female hei tiki. Large, dark green pendant which has been ground out of an adze blade. Form in front and side plane is clearly an adze shape.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
David Roy Simmons of the Auckland Museum notes, 'it dates from the early nineteenth century and comes from Waikato.'
Event Date 1/6/1978
Author: maa

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

Context (Amendments / updates)
David Roy Simmons' analysis (1978) on the provenance of Hei tiki is generally no longer considered accurate, as other similar Hei tikis have been checked and noted by Amiria Salmond in 2001.
Event Date 30/5/2025
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu