Neck Pendant (Hei-tiki)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Neck Pendant (Hei-tiki)

1800s

Greenstone (pounamu) (nephrite?)
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Hei-tiki may represent Hine-te-Iwaiwa, a legendary ancestress who is the exemplar of Māori womanhood.

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