More Info →Greenstone koropepe-hei-matau amulet

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Written on paper attached to back - The Waikawa Hei Matau Old Greenstone. From album Mrs June Woolley, Manakau. Print C. Donoghue, Levin, for Horowhenua Historical Soc. Illustrated pg46 ‘Adkin’s – Horowhenua’ “The koropepe-hei-matau amulet was found in Sept. 1928, by Mrs P.M. Dimock, of Manakau, on the dune belt at Waikawa Beach. Acc. No. 147.9 10.1.80

This greenstone koropepe-hei-matau amulet was found in September 1928, by Mrs P.M. Dimock, of Manakau, on the dune-belt at Waikawa Beach. It’s size is approximateley 3 inches by 3 inches, and weighed just over 1½ ounces. {A fuller description and diagram can be found on pages 46 & 47 in the book – “Horowhenua” by G.L. Adkin}

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