ID: 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 items (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 region, North Island, Oceania) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: wood, paua shell, harakeke

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

	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)

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

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

General Subject:

object (utilitarian) (preferred )

Specific Subjects:

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

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

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

	heads (animal or human components) [300375054]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (Hierarchy Name), components (objects), <components by specific context>, <animal or human components>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

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

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