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ID: 700001728
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/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 (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by context>, <equipment for fishing| hunting| and trapping>, fishing tackle)

Classifications:
utilitarian objects (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, 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 (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>, <carving and carving techniques>)
wood (plant material) [300011914]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)
bone (material) [300011798]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, combination inorganic/organic animal material, <bone and bone components materials>)
muka (fiber) [300379297]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, fiber, natural fiber, plant fiber)

Dimensions: Overall: 135 (Length) x 45 (Width) mm
General Subject:
utilitarian objects (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Pohau manga (barracouta lure)........ [VP,TePapa]
........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=138016; accessed 15 August 2012
........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)
Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa]
....................... Te Papa online (2000-)
....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 15 August 2012
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