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- Title
- A note on the hei-tiki / by L.M. Groube
- Content partner
- National Library of New Zealand
- Collection
- Index New Zealand
- Description
Examines the abundance and survival of the greenstone hei-tiki into the nineteenth century (and consequently of the existence of a vast number in museums and collections through the world). Summarises theories explaining why it flourished, looking at the value of the greenstone itself and at the intrinsic cultural significance in the form.
- Format
- Journal
- Date created
- Dec 1967
- Creator
- Groube, L. M., (University of Auckland)
- URL
- http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30124044
- Related subjects
- Jade / Maori (New Zealand people) -- Antiquities / Maori (New Zealand people) -- Material culture / Decorative arts, Maori / Polynesians / Pounamu
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