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This media file captures a museum display case in London, United Kingdom, showcasing historical Maori artifacts. The scene features three distinct objects arranged against a reddish background within a glass case. The primary subjects are a large, white whale-bone hair comb with multiple teeth, and below it, a smaller, carved whale-tooth pendant depicting a stylized face with painted eyes. Next to these, encased in a separate clear acrylic box, is a green nephrite (jade) hei-tiki pendant with shell-inlaid eyes, attached to a braided cord. Accompanying information panels detail the history of the objects. One panel, titled "Comb and pendant," identifies the whale-bone hair comb and the carved whale-tooth pendant as likely belonging to a Maori chief's son from the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, in 1769. It references an illustration by Sydney Parkinson from Captain Cook's first Pacific voyage, depicting a young man named Otegoowgoow wearing similar items. A small black and white image of Parkinson's drawing is included on this panel. A second panel, "Captain Cook's hei-tiki," describes the jade pendant as a gift to Cook at Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, in 1769, carved by a Maori artist. It explains that a hei-tiki is an heirloom carrying spiritual power, and notes that Cook later presented it to King George III. The visible text also includes two labels with the number "132" and a headphone symbol, indicating points for an audio guide. The activity taking place is the museum display and viewing of these culturally significant items. The time of day is not discernible, but the setting is clearly indoors within a museum context.
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