ID: 700001877 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001877	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Wakahuia (treasure box) (container (receptacle); Unknown; 1750)

Note: Waka huia were used to contain the treasured personal adornments of both men and women - items such as hei tiki (pendants) and hüia (extinct New Zealand bird: Heteralocha acutirostris) feathers for decorating and dressing the hair. They were hung from the interior rafters of houses.

Titles:

Wakahuia (treasure box) (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

container (receptacle) [300197197] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name))

Classifications:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Creation Date: 1750

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

carver unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: wood, paua shell, harakeke

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

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

	Term Not Found
	....... (AAT Candidate)

	carving (processes) [300053149]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>, <carving and carving techniques>)

Dimensions: Overall: 115 (Height) x 565 (Length) x 75 (Width) mm

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	designs, geometric [300165213]
	.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), patterns (design elements), <patterns by specific type>) (AAT)

	spiral (geometric figure) [300163114]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, mathematical concepts, geometric concepts, geometric figures) (AAT)

	humans (species) [300265711]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Primates (order), Hominoidea (superfamily), Hominidae (family), Homo (genus)) (AAT)

	heads (animal components) [300375054]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, animal components) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Wakahuia (treasure box)	........ [VP]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=56708; accessed 23 August 2012

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 23 August 2012