ID: 700001759 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001759	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Uhi matarau (many-pointed tattooing instrument) (chisel; Unknown; 1750; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; registration number: ME002349)

Note: This uhi (tattooing instrument) is known as auhi matarau (many-pointed tattooing instrument) because of its comb-like blade with multiple points. It was used to perforate the skin and insert pigment, and was especially useful for shading moko.

Titles:

Uhi matarau (many-pointed tattooing instrument) (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

chisel [300024665] (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>)

Classifications:

tools / implements (preferred)

Creation Date: 1750

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

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: ME002349

Credit Line: Gift of W. Leo Buller, 1911

Display Materials: wood, bone, muka fibre

	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: undetermined

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

ceremonial objects

Specific Subjects:

	tattooing [300053577]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Uhi matarau (many-pointed tattooing instrument)	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=137322; accessed 17 August 2012
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa]

....................... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 17 August 2012

....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 17 August 2012