Hei Tiki made by Maori Artist · WRSTL PLACE

Title: Hei Tiki made by Maori Artist
Description: This object was made by a Maori artist during the late 19th to early 20th century. This object is made out of Nephrite and was in Morton D. May's collection until it became apart of the Saint Louis Art Museum's collection.
Semester: Spring 2026
Subject: Indigenous Art; Morton D. May; Maori; Saint Louis Art Museum; late 19th to early 20th century
Temporal Coverage: late 19th to early 20th century
Spatial Coverage: New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Language: The information about the object is in English the object's name is in the Maori language
Medium: The material of the object is Nephrite
Source: Saint Louis Art Museum; https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/8411/
Is Part Of: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas; Morton D. May
Identifier: 90:1977
Provenance: 1971
Everett Rassiga Inc., New York, NY, USA; 1971 - 1977
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, USA, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc.; 1977
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May
Explanation of Omeka Map Location: This item was originally from New Zealand (Aotearoa)