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ID: 700001716 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001716 | Record Type: Movable Work |
Images: 1 | |
Pouwhenua (long handled pointed fighting staff) (staff weapon; unknown carver (active 1800-1900); 1800-1900; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; WE000906) | |
Note: A large and very heavy pouwhenua with a massive, broad rau (blade), and a rich dark patina. The pouwhenua belongs to the same class of weapon as the tewhatewha and taiaha, a long handled fighting weapon designed for stabbing, parrying and striking. In the hands of an expert weapons like the pouwhenua were highly effective and could deliver death with a single blow delivered at lightning speed. | |
Titles: |
Pouwhenua (long handled pointed fighting staff) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U) |
Catalog Level: item |
staff weapon [300180692] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, edged weapons) |
pou whenua [300379290] |
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, edged weapons, staff weapons) |
weapons / armor (preferred) |
Creation Date: 1800-1900 |
unknown carver (active 1800-1900) [preferred,VP] |
carver unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274] |
Locations: |
Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body) |
Repository Numbers: WE000906 |
Credit Line: Bequest of Kenneth Athol Webster, 1971 |
Creation: New Zealand [1000226] Oceania (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
Display Materials: wood |
wood (plant material) [300011914] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>) |
woodcarving (process) [300054089] | |
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, <woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques>, woodworking) |
Dimensions: 1782 (height) x 175 (length) x 37 (width) mm |
utilitarian objects (preferred) |
staff weapon [300180692] | |
.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, edged weapons) (AAT) |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Pouwhenua (long handled pointed fighting staff) | ........ [VP,TePapa] |
........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=213399; accessed 14 August 2012 | |
........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012) accessed 14 August 2012 | |
Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa] |
....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012) |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 14 August 2012 | |
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