Te Papa
Opens 17 October 2009 at TE PAPA
FREE ENTRY
Peace-maker, adornment, tool, treasure: pounamu is a stone of great mana, beauty, and strength. This powerful exhibition features over 200 pounamu taonga – including a stunning display of 80 hei tiki.
Hei tiki (pendant in human form), pounamu (nephrite), inanga variety, Arahura River, Westland. Sir Walter Buller Collection. Gifted by Leo Buller in 1911. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa