# Kapeu (ear ornament)

- By: Māori artist
- Date: 18th–early 19th century
- Medium: Nephrite jade (pounamu)
- Classification: Stone-Ornaments
- Dimensions: H. 4 7/8 × W. 1 1/16 × D. 1/4 in. (12.4 × 2.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Culture: Maori people
- Credit line: Purchase, Lenore M. Weber Gift, 2013
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/321287)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ao/web-large/DP-22793-001.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)