ID: 700001714 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001714	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Patiti (hatchet) with harpoon head (hatchet; unknown carver; 1830-1850; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; OL001037)

Note: This formidable weapon has been created by fixing the head of a whaling harpoon to a carved wooden handle. The double-fluke harpoon head is made from forged iron and would normally have been fastened to a hardwood shaft between about 1 to 2 metres in length. The double-fluke design dates to before the 13th century. This one is consistent with two-fluke designs used in New Zealand and abroad in the mid-19th century and may be of American manufacture as British harpoon heads of the period were commonly date stamped with the manufacturer's name and place of manufacture.

Titles:

Patiti (hatchet) with harpoon head (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

hatchet [300023767] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by material processed>, woodworking equipment, woodworking tools, <tools for wood-cutting and -finishing>)

Classifications:

weapons / armor (preferred)

Creation Date: 1830-1850

Creator Display:

unknown carver [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: OL001037

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

Display Materials: wood, cast iron

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

	cast iron [300011004]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy)

	woodcarving (process) [300054089]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, <woodworking and woodworking processes and techniques>, woodworking)

	ironworking [300054049]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, <metalworking and metalworking processes and techniques>, metalworking)

Dimensions: 360 (height) x 180 (length) x 36.2 (width) mm

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	hatchet [300023767]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by material processed>, woodworking equipment, woodworking tools, <tools for wood-cutting and -finishing>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Patiti (hatchet) with harpoon head	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=213437; accessed 14 August 2012
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012) accessed 14 August 2012

Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa]

....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 14 August 2012