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Hinepare, a woman of the Ngāti Kahungunu tribe, wearing a hei-tiki Hei-tiki; circa 18th century; nephrite and haliotis shell; height: 10.9 cm (4 1 ⁄ 4 in.); from New Zealand; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA) The hei-tiki (Māori pronunciation: [hɛi ˈtiki], New Zealand English: / h eɪ ˈ t ɪ k i / [1]) is an ornamental pendant of ...
Pounamu matau barb Pounamu hei matau pendant, a heavily stylized fishhook The southwest coast of New Zealand is named Te Wai Pounamu ("The greenstone waters"), after its deposits of greenstone, and the area resembles greenstone in this view from space. [1] The term is also the official Māori name for the South Island.
The hei-tiki / h aɪ ˈ t iː k iː / is an ornamental neck pendant of the Māori.Hei-tiki are usually made of greenstone and worn around the neck. They are often referred to as tiki, a term that actually refers to large human figures carved in wood, and, also, the small wooden carvings used to mark sacred places.
A hei matau is a bone or greenstone carving in the shape of a highly stylised fish hook. They represent good luck and safe travel across water. They represent good luck and safe travel across water. [ 1 ]
English: Amulet (hei tiki), Maori people, New ... Maori people, New Zealand, 17th - 18th century or earlier, carved greenstone, Honolulu Museum of Art ...
The site has long been known for its large quantities of worked greenstone, called pounamu in Māori, a variety of Nephrite jade. This took the form of adzes worked with iron tools into pendants, or hei-tiki. Archaeologists have identified these as being produced for a European export trade. [18]
Quite the groovy decade of hosting and socializing with major flair, the 1970s were full of funky foods that became synonymous with the buffet tables laid out at every party.
[10] [11] Of particular note were the gift of two greenstone hei-tiki (pendants), which were intended to ward off evil. [12] and the personal gift to Halsey of a Māori piupiu (a warrior's skirt made from rolled flax). [13]