ID: 700001778	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Heru (ornamental comb) (heru; Unknown; 1800-1850; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; registration number: OL000039)

Note: This large heru (ornamental comb) is made from whale bone. It has ten teeth and a carved manaia (stylised beaked figure) head with an inlaid pāua (large New Zealand abalone with blue-green inner shell) shell eye. It has an aged off-white patina and has sustained damage, as evidenced by a large triangular chip along the upper curved basal edge.

Titles:

Heru (ornamental comb) (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

heru (AAT Candidate) (preferred)

.....

hair ornament [300209287]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name), Costume (Hierarchy Name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, <costume accessories worn>, <accessories worn on the head>, <hair accessories>)

combs (grooming tools) [300236397]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name), Tools and Equipment, equipment, <equipment by context>, <equipment for personal use>, <equipment for personal use: grooming| hygiene and health care>)

Classifications:

jewelry / adornment (preferred)

Creation Date: 1800-1850

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

maker 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: registration number: OL000039

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

Display Materials: whale bone, paua shell

	baleen [300192974]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by origin>, <biological material>, animal material, <keratinous material>)

	abalone shell [300011833]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by composition>, <combination inorganic/organic material>, <combination inorganic/organic animal material>, <shell and shell material>, shell (animal material), seashell)

	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>)

Dimensions: Overall: 294 (Height) x 105 (Width) x 4 (Width) mm

General Subject:

ornament (preferred )

Specific Subjects:

	Manaia
	..... Iconography Candidate

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

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

Sources and Contributors:
Heru (ornamental comb)	........ [VP]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=128830; accessed 20 August 2012

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

....................... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 20 August 2012

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 20 August 2012