Greenstone pendant

Medium

Nephrite jade (pounamu), shell, pigment, and wax

Dimensions

H. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm); W. 3 in. (7.6 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification

Jade

Culture

Maori; Aotearoa New Zealand

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902

Accession Number

02.18.315