Pendant and ring
- Description
- The Maori would often keep live birds for their feathers or to attract others of their species. Young kaka parrots (Nestor meridionalis) could be tethered using leg rings made from nephrite. When not in use this ring would be worn as a pendant. This item was considered an heirloom.
- Accession Loan No.
- 163/1999/2
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Common Name
- pendant and ring
- Simple Name
- ornament and tether
- Full Name
- pendant and tethering ring
- Dimensions
- whole diameter 25 mm
- Cultural Group
- Maori
- Production Year High
- 1999
- Production Country
- New Zealand
- Production Area Region
- Polynesia
- Production Continent
- Oceania
- Family Group
- Material
- nephrite
- Function Name
- personal ornament
- Collection Country
- New Zealand
- Collection Area Region
- Australia and New Zealand
- Collection Continent
- Oceania
