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Kuru (Ear Ornament or Pendant)
Māori artist, 18th–early 19th century
- Artist
- Māori artist
- Date
- 18th–early 19th century
- Culture or place
- Maori people
- Medium
- Nephrite jade (pounamu)
- Size
- H. 3 1/2 × W. 1/2 × D. 3/16 in. (8.9 × 1.3 × 0.5 cm)
- Type
- Stone-Ornaments
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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