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ID: 700001771
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001771
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Mau kakï (reel necklace unit) (pendant (jewelry); Unknown; 1100-1300 or 1300-1500; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; registration number: ME000633)
Note: This reel pendant is made from serpentine stone. It has three distinct notched ridges, two outer flanges, and one singular inner ridge. The reel has been bored through for suspension on a cord, either as part of a necklace or as a single pendant. Single stone adornments such as this were sometimes passed down through many generations as heirlooms.
Titles:
Mau kakï (reel necklace unit) (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
pendant (jewelry) [300046002] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, jewelry, <jewelry by form>)
necklace [300046001]
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, jewelry, <jewelry by location>, jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body)
pectoral (jewelry) [300211902]
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, jewelry, <jewelry by location>, jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body)

Classifications:
jewelry / ornament (preferred)

Creation Date: 1100-1300 or 1300-1500

Creator Display:
Unknown [preferred,VP]
maker 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: ME000633
Credit Line: Augustus Hamilton Collection. Purchased 1914
Display Materials: serpentine
serpentine (mineral) [300011627]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)
lapidary (process) [300053937]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>)

Dimensions: Overall: 65 (Length) x 35 (Width) x 35 (Depth) mm
General Subject:
ornament (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Mau kakï (reel necklace unit)........ [VP,TePapa]
........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=130360; 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
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