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ID: 700001752 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/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 |
adze [300023553] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, cutting equipment, cutting tools) |
ceremonial object [300234117] |
..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by function>) |
toki pou tangata [300379305] |
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, edged weapons, axes (weapons), toki) |
toki [300379306] |
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, edged weapons, axes (weapons)) |
ceremonial (preferred) |
Creation Date: 1500-1800 |
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: 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 (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>) |
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) |
pounamu [300379291] | |
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material)) |
carving (processes) [300053149] | |
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>, <carving and carving techniques>) |
lapidary (process) [300053937] | |
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>) |
Dimensions: Overall: 495 (length) x 75 (width) x 330 (depth) mm |
ceremonial objects (preferred) |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Toki poutangata (ceremonial adze) | ........ [VP,TePapa] |
........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=197196; accessed 16 August 2012 | |
........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012) | |
Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa] |
....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012) |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 16 August 2012 | |
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