ID: 700001763 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001763	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Spear (spear (weapon); Unknown; undetermined; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; OL000701)

Note: Weapons in Vanuatu were sometimes decorated with small masterpieces of sculpture, as is this fragment. However, this fragment's pigmentation and elaborate lashing are exceptional compared with other surviving examples.

Titles:

Spear (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

spear (weapon) [300037038] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, edged weapons, staff weapons)

weapon [300036926]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name))

edged weapon [300036973]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons)

Classifications:

weapons / armor (preferred)

Creation Date: undetermined

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: OL000701

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

Creation: Vanuatu [1000225] Oceania (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: bamboo, wood, human bone, plant fibre, organic pigment, leaf

	bamboo (material) [300011873]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, grass (plant material))

	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>)

	plant fiber [300014031]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, fiber, natural fiber)

	organic pigment [300013120]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material), pigments, <pigment by composition or origin>)

	leaf (plant material) [300011892]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material)

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

	painting techniques [300053343]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>)

Dimensions: Overall: 972 (length) x 55 (width) mm

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Spear	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=194071; accessed 17 August 2012
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

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

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=194071; accessed 17 August 2012