Context (Related Documents)
Two catalogue cards attributed to this hei tiki.

Catalogue card 1 reads, 'Tiki. face to right, of tonga rewa (semi transparent green) jade, with globose trunk and slim limbs showing an extra pair of perforations above the shoulders, the plaited loop of the large albatross bone toggle is attached to a peculiar projecting oblong loop.'
Catalogue card 2, 'Jade Tiki.'
Typed label affixed to catalogue card: 'Prof. Bevan, 1913. [female symbol]. Suspension cord attached to rare type of lug, with suspension hole. Stone varied from light to dark green. Specimen of rare beauty. Haliotis (paua) eyes.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Loan (Exhibition)
Polynésie, June 2008-Sept 2008
Event Date
Author: maa

Loan (Exhibition)
Exhibition \'Pacific Divinities: Gods, Chiefs and Priests in Polynesia 1760-1850\', March 2006-May 2006.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Register notes that for 1913.4-12 '*Professor Bevan' indicating that it was purchased with money donated to the acquisitions fund by Professor Bevan, and adds '[Hugel Collln]'. This suggests it was purchased from von Hugel's personal collection.
Event Date 1913
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (Analysis)
David Roy Simmons of the Auckland Museum notes, 'it dates from the late eighteenth century and comes from Canterbury.'
Event Date 1/6/1978
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (Display)
On display in the Maudslay Hall, CUMAA, from 1990 until (possibly) May 2012, under the idno E 1913.293.
Event Date 1990
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Amiria Salmond notes, 'David Simmon's views on the dating and provenance of Maori artefacts are no longer considered reliable in New Zealand.'
Record checked and revised by Amiria Salmond, (2001.11.09).

Event Date 30/5/2001
Author: Rachel Hand

Description (Physical description)
Hei tiki with a bone toggle. Pendant of jade or greenstone, attached by a short fibre cord and a toggle of animal bone. Humanoid figure with a tilted head. Eyes of haliotis shell.
Event Date 30/5/2025
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu