Accession No
2006.201
Description
Hei tiki pendant carved from the plastic Corean, by ta moko (tattoo) artist Rangi Kipa (also known as Rangi Skipper). Light blue tiki attached by silver hook to a white and blue four-string plaited cord, with black button and hook as closing device.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Aotearoa New Zealand
Period
Source
Henare, Amiria [joint collector]; Raymond, Rosanna [joint collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
2006.201
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plastic; polyethylene; polymethyl methacrylate
Local Term
Hei tiki
Measurements
45mm x 10mm x 532mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Purchased at the Matatini Festival, Palmerston North, 25 February 2005.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Hei tiki carved from the plastic Corean, by ta moko (tattoo) artist Rangi Kipa (also known as Rangi Skipper). Light blue tiki attached by silver hook to a white and blue four-string plaited cord, with black button and hook as closing device.
Event Date 1/6/2006
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: On loan to Mana Maori: Power of the Maori exhibition, Museum Volkenkunde Leiden, 14 October 2010 - 18th September 2011
Event Date 11/5/2014
Author: Rachel Hand
Description (Physical description)
Blue and white woven necklace (polyethylene terephthalate PET) - possibly scoubidou string?
Light blue pendant ?PMMA
Button imitation tortoiseshell
NOTE: Object may be mis-labelled as 2006.601
Event Date 7/4/2017
Author: Rhian Ward
FM:265606
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