ID: 700001752	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Toki poutangata (ceremonial adze) (adze; Unknown; 1500-1800; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; OL000491)

Note: The toki poutangata is a symbol of chiefly authority and tribal leadership. Made from an elegantly fashioned pounamu blade, often decorated with ornamental kaniwha notches that may be a mnemonic device to assist in the recitation of genealies; and fastened to carved wooden handle. Toki poutangata are tribal heirlooms and ascribed personal names, and even magical powers.

Titles:

Toki poutangata (ceremonial adze) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

adze [300023553] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name), Tools and Equipment, equipment, <equipment by process>, <cutting equipment>, <cutting tools>)

ceremonial object [300234117]

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres, <object genres>, <object genres by function>)

toki pou tangata (AAT Candidate)

.....

toki (AAT Candidate)

.....

Classifications:

ceremonial (preferred)

Creation Date: 1500-1800

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: OL000491

Credit Line: Oldman Collection. Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1992

Creation: New Zealand [1000226] Oceania (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: wood, pounamu, muka

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

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

	pounamu [300379291]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

	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>)

	lapidary (process) [300053937]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques, <processes and techniques>, <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>)

Dimensions: Overall: 495 (length) x 75 (width) x 330 (depth) mm

General Subject:

ceremonial object (preferred )

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

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

Sources and Contributors:
Toki poutangata (ceremonial adze)	........ [VP]
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=197196; accessed 16 August 2012

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 16 August 2012