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Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1939.4 reads [handwritten in black ink], '39.4 New Zealand. Two old Maori ear pendants of green stone ['nepparite [sic]' crossed out in black ball point and replaced with '(nephrite).'].
Event Date 1939
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Later addition handwritten in black ball point on back of card reads, 'D.R. Simmons. 1.6.[19]78. greenstone pendant. C.19 North Is.'
Event Date 1/6/1978
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Amendments / updates)
Amiria Salmond, 21 May 2001, notes that David Simmons' views on the provenance and dating of Maori artefacts are no longer considered reliable in New Zealand.
Event Date 21/5/2001
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Kuru (koru). Oblong pendant of jade or green stone.
Event Date 21/5/2025
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu