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Three pendants (hei tiki)
Maori
19th–20th century
Object Place: New Zealand; Object Place: Aotearoa
Medium/Technique
Stone; nephrite jade
pendant on right
pendant on right
Dimensions
Overall: 9.2 x 4.4 x 0.6 cm (3 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Landon T. Clay
Accession Number2004.2237
CollectionsContemporary Art, Africa and Oceania
ClassificationsUnclassified
Provenance1909, acquired by Harry Geoffrey Beasley (b. 1882 - d. 1939), Cranmore, England (Beasley number 385); March 3, 1975, Beasley collection sale, Graves, Son, and Pilcher's Auction Room, Hove, England, lot 158. By 1997, Landon Clay, Peterborough, NH; 2004, year-end gift of Landon Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 23, 2005)