Kurupapa
Jade
Te Okiwa Morgan
Tauira (Student)
Tūhourangi, Ngāti Wahiao, Ngāti Hinekura, Ngāti Whakaue
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$430 NZD
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118mm x 15mm
3856TO
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Description
Kurupapa are long slender pendants typically crafted from pounamu (NZ Jade) or bone. Customarily they were very popular personal adornments. Kurupapa are still commonly worn as pendants and earrings. As with many Māori personal adornments kurupapa are often passed down generationally.