Mere pounamu (hand club), by Māori artist, 19th century
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Mere pounamu (hand club)

Māori artist

19th century

Medium
Nephrite jade (pounamu)
Classification
Stone-Implements
Dimensions
H. 13/16 × W. 4 1/4 × D. 14 5/8 in. (2.1 × 10.8 × 37.1 cm)
Culture
Maori people
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Credit line
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art