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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