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Feb 5, 2020
Feb 5, 2020
Pendant (Hei-tiki)
Pendant (Hei-tiki)
1800s
Nephrite (greenstone)
Overall: 11.2 x 5.5 cm (4 7/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1954.147
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Hei-tiki may represent Hine-te-Iwaiwa, a legendary ancestress who is the exemplar of Māori womanhood.
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Among the Māori, leaders are hereditary and imbued with mana, power and prestige that can be embodied and passed down in the artworks associated with them. Hei-tiki are among these treasured, mana-charged heirlooms, which connect the living to ancestors of the islands’ pre-European past. They may represent Hine-te-Iwaiwa, a legendary ancestress who is the exemplar of Māori womanhood and the patron of childbirth.
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