Figure 9:2. Hei tiki, nineteenth century, pounamu (nephrite jade with abalone inlay), 15.5 x 7.6 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Hei tiki pendants were often worn in honour and acknowledgement of figures of one’s whakapapa, or ancestral lineage.
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Figure 10:14. Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck (aka Madonna and Child with Angels), 1534–1540, oil on panel, 219 x 135 cm, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Figure 11:11. Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds, 2009, porcelain, weight approx. 500kg, installed approx. 150-160 cm, diameter, courtesy of Ai Weiwei and White Rabbit Collection, Sydney.
