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ID: 700001881 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/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 |
club (weapon) [300037206] (preferred) |
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, percussive weapons) |
edged weapon [300036973] |
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments) |
weapons / armor (preferred) |
Creation Date: 1500-1777 |
Unknown [preferred,VP] |
carver unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274] |
Locations: |
Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) [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 (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, keratinous material) |
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) |
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: 436 (Length) x 155 (Width) x 29 (Depth) mm |
human figures (preferred) |
animals |
Manaia [901000381] | |
.....((Pacific Islander characters, Pacific Islander iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
List/Hierarchical Position: |
..... Movable Works |
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works |
Sources and Contributors: | |
Wahaika (short-bladed weapon) | ........ [VP,TePapa] |
........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=115784; accessed 28 August 2012 | |
........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012) | |
Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa] |
....................... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 28 August 2012 |
....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012) |
Note: | |
English | ..... [VP] |
..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 28 August 2012 | |
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