Pendant (Hei-tiki)
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the sculpture
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.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1954.147
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
