- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Piece of nephrite cut on five surfaces. [SM 2/3/2009]
- Cultural groups
- Māori
- Person
- Field collector Charles Smith
- PRM source The Executors of the Charles Smith Estate
- PRM source Alfred T. Collier
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1869?, uncertain
- Date collected
- 1860 - 1869?
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1923
- Materials and processes
- Material Nephrite Stone, Process Sawn
- Dimensions
- Width: max 12 mm, Length: max 72 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.87.71
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