Three pendants (hei tiki)

Maori peoples

19th–20th century

Object PlaceNew Zealand

Object PlaceAotearoa

Medium/TechniqueStone; nephrite jade pendant on right

DimensionsOverall: 9.2 x 4.4 x 0.6 cm (3 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Landon T. Clay

Accession number2004.2237

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ClassificationsUnclassified

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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)