Context (Related Documents)
Three catalogue cards associated with this hei tiki.

Catalogue card 1 handwritten in black ink reads, 'E 1913.6. POLYNESIA. New Zealand. Tiki (4".6 x 2".6). D. [underlined followed by an asterisk] Professor Bevan. R.1913.538.'. Later addition handwritten in black ball point, 'face to left, of unusually clear Kahurangi (transluscent green) jade, ['with globus trunk and slim limbs' crossed through in black ball point] provided with a projecting rounded suspension loop.’. Later addition in blue ball point reads, 'Z 6466 ['6' crossed out and replaced with '5']'.
Red circular sticker bottom right of card; black and white photograph of object labelled Z 6465 attached to back of card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in blue ball point:] 'D.1902. New Zealand. See Z 6465'.
Red circular sticker bottom right of card.
Catalogue card 3 in black typescript reads, 'Z 6465 New Zealand Polynesia. Jade TIKI'. Label in black typescript attached to front of card reads, 'Z 6465. Prof. Bevan 1913. Haliotis eye insets. Stone is translucent bottle green with a light fleck throughout. Variety in the group known as tangiwai [underlined] cm. 11.7 x 6.7 x 1.9.’. Later addition handwritten in pencil, '(4".6 x 2".6 x 0.7) inches.', black typescript on card continues, '(D.1902.8) d. Professor Bevan', [later addition handwritten in pencil:] BB 1913.280.'
Red circular sticker bottom right front of card.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Tiki, with haliotis ('paua') eyes. Made of translucent, bottle green stone, with a light fleck throughout. It is a variety in the group known as 'tangaiwai'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marking in white ink on the back reads '12215'.
Event Date
Author: Flo Sutton

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label affixed to object, 'A. von Hugel, 1902.'
Event Date 1902
Author: Heather Donoghue

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 (Related Documents)
The 29th annual report (1914) reads, '536-544. [...] one, face to left, of unusually clear kahurangi (translucent green) jade, provided with a projecting rounded suspension loop(4"-6x2".6)'.
Event Date 10/12/1914
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Analysis)
David Roy Simmons of the Auckland Museum notes, 'Tangiwai tiki c.19?'.
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.'
Event Date 30/5/2001
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
There is a imperfectly drilled perforation through the suspension loop.
Event Date 12/2/2009
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Hei tiki. Carved stone pendant figure, made of a mottled green pounamu (greenstone, nephrite or jade). The figure has circles of haliotis shell inlay for the eyes, and its head is tilted to the proper right. The four limbs are bent and held outwards from the body.
Event Date 3/2/2023
Author: Flo Sutton