Pounamu jewellery

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Image: A5145 Pendant, heart-shaped, New Zealand greenstone, pinchbeck frame, glass encloses locks of hair, on black silk cord, [England, 1865] (LC).

A5145 Pendant, heart-shaped, New Zealand greenstone, pinchbeck frame, glass encloses locks of hair, on black silk cord, [England, 1865] (LC).

Powerhouse Museum

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pendant

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: pendant and chain

pendant and chain

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: charms

charms

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Pendant, greenstone

Pendant, greenstone

Nelson Provincial Museum

Image: Mere pounamu pendant (greenstone pendant)

Mere pounamu pendant (greenstone pendant)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Mere pounamu pendant (greenstone pendant)

Mere pounamu pendant (greenstone pendant)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Greenstone pendant enclosing a lock of hair

Greenstone pendant enclosing a lock of hair

Trove

Image: Tautau

Tautau

Tairāwhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o Tairāwhiti

Image: Brooch

Brooch

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Brooch

Brooch

Puke Ariki

Image: Studio upper torso portrait of an unidentified older woman in a dark lace neck and front blouse with coin and greenstone bar brooches, Christchurch

Studio upper torso portrait of an unidentified older woman in a dark lace neck and front blouse with coin and greenstone bar brooches, Christchurch

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Studio upper torso unidentified portrait of an older woman in a dark blouse with jewelled and greenstone with a silver fern bar brooches and circular brooch, sitting at a table, Christchurch

Studio upper torso unidentified portrait of an older woman in a dark blouse with jewelled and greenstone with a silver fern bar brooches and circul...

Alexander Turnbull Library

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brooch

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: New Zealand’s pounamu deposits

New Zealand’s pounamu deposits

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Tangiwai (bowenite pounamu)

Tangiwai (bowenite pounamu)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Tangiwai (bowenite)

Tangiwai (bowenite)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: THE KETCH EMMA SIMS ENTERING MILFORD SOUND. MITRE PEAK TO THE RIGHT

THE KETCH EMMA SIMS ENTERING MILFORD SOUND. MITRE PEAK TO THE RIGHT

Auckland Libraries

Image: Sutherland's in Milford Sound

Sutherland's in Milford Sound

Auckland Libraries

Image: Government steamer Hinemoa at anchor, Anita Bay, Milford Sound

Government steamer Hinemoa at anchor, Anita Bay, Milford Sound

Auckland Libraries

Image: Ground floor interior of Stewart Dawson's magnificent new treasure house, Auckland

Ground floor interior of Stewart Dawson's magnificent new treasure house, Auckland

Auckland Libraries

Image: Stewart Dawson & Company :Fashionable pendants. This illustration shows only a few of our lovely pendants. The Weekly Graphic and New Zealand Mail for February 24, 1909, page 35, lower half.

Stewart Dawson & Company :Fashionable pendants. This illustration shows only a few of our lovely pendants. The Weekly Graphic and New Zealand Mail ...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: buttons, set of six

buttons, set of six

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Buttons in Stewart Dawson of Dunedin box

Image: Exterior view of Queen Street frontage of Stewart Dawson's new treasure house, Auckland

Exterior view of Queen Street frontage of Stewart Dawson's new treasure house, Auckland

Auckland Libraries

Image: The Skeates Bros shop

The Skeates Bros shop

Auckland Libraries

Image: 2 Greenstone meres 2 heitiki

2 Greenstone meres 2 heitiki

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Rakai pounamu

Rakai pounamu

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: spoons, two and box

spoons, two and box

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: pendant

pendant

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Kuru

Kuru

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Auckland. E. Louis, watchmaker and jeweller, and J.D. Webster's fruit shop, lower Queen Street, 1905.

Auckland. E. Louis, watchmaker and jeweller, and J.D. Webster's fruit shop, lower Queen Street, 1905.

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

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pendant

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: presentation piece

presentation piece

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Rakai pounamu

Rakai pounamu

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Snuff box

Snuff box

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Maro Johnson

Maro Johnson

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: presentation set

presentation set

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Fob Chain

Fob Chain

Te Awamutu Museum

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Fob

Tairāwhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o Tairāwhiti

Image: Fob seal

Fob seal

Nelson Provincial Museum

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pendant

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Pounamu pendants from New Zealand

Pounamu pendants from New Zealand

Trove

Image: Young woman, Pipiriki

Young woman, Pipiriki

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Mrs Hulme and child, 1910

Mrs Hulme and child, 1910

Auckland Libraries

Image: Tihara Cooper and Marara Maihi. From the series: The Moko Suite

Tihara Cooper and Marara Maihi. From the series: The Moko Suite

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Pendant

Pendant

Te Awamutu Museum

Image: Māori Belle

Māori Belle

Auckland Libraries

Image: Master Fleming, 1912

Master Fleming, 1912

Auckland Libraries

Image: Cigarette box

Cigarette box

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa