ID: 700001747	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Tekoteko (gable figure) (tekoteko; Unkown (Maori carver, 1780-1840); between 1780-1840; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; ME023846)

Note: This tekoteko (carved gable figure) is from the apex of a whare (house). It is approximately 650 millimetres in height, with a dark brown patina. It consists of an ornately carved ancestral figure represented in a naturalistic form positioned upon another ancestral figure with a naturalistic body, wheku-style head, and two three-fingered hands clasped to the mouth. The base figure is perforated for lashing to the gable of a small whare or pataka (storehouse). This secondary figure's feet terminate in a third form, possibly a head, which would have been viewed from beneath.

Titles:

Tekoteko (gable figure) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

tekoteko (AAT Candidate) (preferred)

.....

pataka [300264801]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (Hierarchy Name), Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name), <single built works (Built Environment)>, <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, storage facilities, warehouses)

Classifications:

sculpture (preferred)

Creation Date: between 1780-1840

Creator Display:

Unkown (Maori carver, 1780-1840) [preferred,VP]

carver unknown Maori (Maori cultural designation) [500203761]

Locations:

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

Repository Numbers: ME023846

Credit Line: Purchased 2006

Display Materials: totara

	woodcarving [300054089]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques, <processes and techniques>, <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, <woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques>, woodworking)

	totara
	....... (AAT Candidate)

Dimensions: Overall 650 (Height) x 120 (Width) x 90 (Depth) mm

Cultures:

Maori (preferred)

General Subject:

human figure(s) (preferred )

Specific Subjects:

	fertility [300379149]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts, <scientific concepts>, <biological concepts>) (AAT)

	hei-tiki [300266855]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (Hierarchy Name), Visual Works (Hierarchy Name), <visual works (Guide Term)>, <visual works by medium or technique>, sculpture (visual work), <sculpture by subject type>) (AAT)

	ancestor [300255718]
	.....(Agents Facet, People, people (agents), <people by family relationship>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

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

Sources and Contributors:
Tekoteko (gable figure)	........ [VP]
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=733355

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=733355