ID: 700001797	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Papahou (treasure box) (container (receptacle); Unknown; 1800; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; WE001099)

Note: This papa hou (treasure box) features elaborately carved surface decorations, consisting of päkati (dog tooth pattern) notches, haehae (parallel grooves), rauru spirals, and manaia (carved beaked figures) in profile. (Rauru are rauponga - an alternating pattern of päkati notches and haehae - when used as a spiral. The design is possibly named after Rauru, who is sometimes credited with being the first carver.) The various designs interlock with each other over the whole surface area. The figures at each end are carved horizontally. One is unfinished.

Titles:

Papahou (treasure box) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

container (receptacle) [300197197] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name), Containers (Hierarchy Name))

Classifications:

sculpture (preferred)

utilitarian items

Creation Date: 1800

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

carver unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Auckland [7001766] Auckland region (region), North Island (national division), New Zealand (nation), Oceania (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington region, North Island, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: WE001099

Credit Line: Bequest of Kenneth Athol Webster, 1971

Display Materials: carved wood

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (Hierarchy Name), materials (matter), <materials by origin>, <biological material>, plant material, <wood and wood products>)

	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: 60 (height) x 460 (width) x 135 (depth) mm

General Subject:

object (utilitarian) (preferred )

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

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

Sources and Contributors:
Papahou (treasure box)	........ [VP]
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=146380; accessed 20 August 2012

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=146380; accessed 20 August 2012