Context (Field collection)
Collected in 1875.
Event Date 1875
Author: Flo Sutton

Context (Production / use)
According to D. R. Simmons of the Auckland Museum it dates from the eighteenth century, Canterbury;
Event Date 1/6/1978
Author: rachel hand

Context (Display)
Lent to Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1935.
Event Date 2/7/1993
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Very large tiki of archaic form and of a rare type, outside the usual conventions. Made of opaque, dark green jade (" korito") or nephrite. The very large face is turned to the right. The nose is not shown and the mouth is indicated by incised lines. The whole of the lower part is broken off. Broken
Event Date 2/7/1993
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Amiria Salmond, 30.05.2001: 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: Flo Sutton

Context (Amendments / updates)
Object photographed by Mark Adams, January 2010.
Event Date 9/3/2010
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
Photogram of this object made by Mark Adams in June 2015.
Event Date 6/7/2015
Author: Lucie Carreau

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 14/12/2016
Author: Rachel Hand

Research Visit (Anthropology Photographs)
RES.2017.2404 | Photographer Mark Adams visiting as part of the Pacific Presences project created one solar print using an MAA NZ tiki.
Event Date 12/10/2017
Author: Alison Clark

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. Pendant figure possibly carved from pounamu (nephrite, greenstone or jade), dark green-coloured. The figure has a large heart-shaped head, tilted to the proper left, and round recessed eyes. The four limbs are bend and held away from the body; the proper right arm is broken below the elbow.
Event Date 3/2/2023
Author: Flo Sutton

Description (Labels & Markings)
There are two paper labels to the reverse of the Hei Tiki. The top label reads: 'Dug up at Cheviot hill Station, Canterbury, NZ, (Dundas) 1875 / a. von Hugel'. A pencil note on the same label reads: '13.288'. The bottom label reads: 'Reg 1913.288. Z 6469 / Jade Tiki / New Zealand / Coll. a.v. Hügel. / *Prof. Bevan. 1913.'
Event Date 6/2/2023
Author: Flo Sutton