These necklaces made from moa bone were discovered in the famous site at Wairau Bar in Marlborough, which was first investigated in 1959–64. The style of these pendants is similar to that found throughout eastern Polynesia, and confirmed that the moa hunters were early Māori.
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Canterbury Museum
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