Pounamu pendant

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Title

Pounamu pendant

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Katherine Mansfield House and Garden

Collection

Katherine Mansfield House and Garden

Description

This hei pounamu belonged to Katherine Mansfield’s younger brother, Leslie Heron Beauchamp, who was killed on 7 October 1915 while serving in the First World War. He was 21 years old. Leslie had been given the hei pounamu as a farewell gift by Dr Albert Martin and it was sent to Mansfield after Leslie’s death. It is carved from bowenite, a rare type of glass-like pounamu mainly found at the entrance to Piopiotahi/Milford Sound. Known to Māori as tangiwai (tear water) its longer name, koko-tan...

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Date created

Circa 1915

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/5368/objects/398251

Related subjects

Dr Albert Martin / Leslie Heron Beauchamp / Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (Katherine Mansfield) / Dr Nora Crone / bowenite / pendant / greenstone / family

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