ID: 700001881	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Wahaika (short-bladed weapon) (club (weapon); Unknown; 1500-1777; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; Registration number: OL000061)

Note: This is a relatively large and heavy whale-bone wahaika (short-bladed weapon used in hand to hand combat). It is off-white/yellow in colour and has a carved figure on the lower blade edge. The figure's hands rest on its stomach and it has paua (New Zealand abalone) shell inlay in the eyes. There is a round suspension hole drilled in the handle, but no wrist thong. The pommel of the handle is decorated with a carved manaia (bird-like figure)head with paua shell inlay in the eyes.

Titles:

Wahaika (short-bladed weapon) (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

club (weapon) [300037206] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name), Weapons and Ammunition, weapons, <percussive weapons>)

edged weapon [300036973]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name), Weapons and Ammunition, weapons)

Classifications:

arms and armor (preferred)

Creation Date: 1500-1777

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

carver unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

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

Repository Numbers: Registration number: OL000061

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

Display Materials: whalebone, 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: 436 (Length) x 155 (Width) x 29 (Depth) mm

General Subject:

human figure(s) (preferred )

animal

Specific Subjects:

	Manaia
	..... Iconography Candidate

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Top of the CONA hierarchy

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

Sources and Contributors:
Wahaika (short-bladed weapon)	........ [VP]
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=115784; accessed 28 August 2012

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

....................... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 28 August 2012

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 28 August 2012