ID: 700001728	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Pohau manga (barracouta lure) (fishhook; Unknown; 1800; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; registration number: ME002494)

Note: This is a composite pohau manga (barracouta lure), made of wood, bone, and muka (flax fibre). Manga (Thyrsites atun) are a plentiful fish in New Zealand waters and were caught ingreat numbers by Maori.

Titles:

Pohau manga (barracouta lure) (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

fishhook [300024418] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name), Tools and Equipment, equipment, <equipment by context>, <fishing and trapping tools and equipment>, fishing tackle)

Classifications:

utilitarian items (preferred)

Creation Date: 1800

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

carver unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington region, North Island, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: registration number: ME002494

Credit Line: Gift of Lord St Oswald, 1912

Display Materials: wood, bone, muka

	carving (processes) [300053149]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques, <processes and techniques>, <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>, <carving and carving techniques>)

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by origin>, <biological material>, plant material, <wood and wood products>)

	bone (material) [300011798]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by composition>, <combination inorganic/organic material>, <combination inorganic/organic animal material>)

	muka (flax fiber)
	....... (AAT Candidate)

Dimensions: Overall: 135 (Length) x 45 (Width) mm

General Subject:

object (utilitarian) (preferred )

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

.......... Movable Work

Sources and Contributors:
Pohau manga (barracouta lure)	........ [VP]
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=138016; accessed 15 August 2012

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Te Papa online (2000-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 15 August 2012