Jade | Immaterial | Season 1, Episode 8 #podcast

Deep in the riverbeds of Aotearoa New Zealand’s South Island, you’ll find a stone that’s as hard as steel and as green as the first breath of the earth. It’s called pounamu, or nephrite jade. It’s been formed into everything from adzes to earrings, including hei tiki, greenstone pendants handed down in Māori families for generations. Meet a pair of hei tiki—one with two hundred years of family history, and one that's being brought back to life in The Met. From their start as colonial institutions, you'll hear about the role museums can play in setting taonga, or treasures, free. This podcast episode was first released July 20, 2022. Immaterial season 2 launches June 4, 2024. Featured object: Greenstone pendant (hei tiki). Maori; Aotearoa New Zealand: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... Guests: Dougal Austin, senior curator, Mātauranga Māori, Te Papa Tongarewa The Museum of New Zealand Dan Hikuroa, senior lecturer in Māori Studies, University of Auckland Maia Nuku, Evelyn A. J. Hall and John A. Friede Associate Curator for Oceanic Art, Oceanic Art in The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Lisa Ruaka Reweti, public programs presenter, Whanganui Regional Museum For a transcript of this episode and more information, visit https://www.metmuseum.org/perspective... #MetImmaterial Subscribe to Immaterial wherever you listen to podcasts. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7v7RLfD... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ccc... Immaterial is produced by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Magnificent Noise and hosted by Camile Dungy. This episode was produced by Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong and Rachel Smith. Special thanks to Chanel Clarke and Cellia Joe-Olsen. Subscribe for new content from The Met:    / metmuseum   #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum #MetImmaterial #podcast © 2024 The Metropolitan Museum of Art