Sculpture - Greenstone (pounamu) Maori tiki carving presented to the Australian Council, RCOG, by the New Zealand Council, RCOG

Historical information

This piece is made of a stone called greenstone in New Zealand English, known as pounamu in Maori.

Physical description

Stone carving. The carving is made of green stone, and depicts a figure with both hands on its thighs and a head tilted to one side, with big eyes.

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