Ear Ornament or Pendant (Kuru)

Unknown Artist

18th–early 19th century

Ear Ornament or Pendant (Kuru) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Greenstone (nephrite)

Dimensions

H. 3 1/2 × W. 1/2 × D. 3/16 in. (8.9 × 1.3 × 0.5 cm)

Classification

Stone-Ornaments

Culture

Maori people

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, The Richman Family Foundation Gift, 2013

Accession Number

2013.25

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