ID: 700001716 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001716	Record Type: Movable Work
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Pouwhenua (long handled pointed fighting staff) (staff weapon; unknown carver (active 1800-1900); 1800-1900; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; WE000906)

Note: A large and very heavy pouwhenua with a massive, broad rau (blade), and a rich dark patina. The pouwhenua belongs to the same class of weapon as the tewhatewha and taiaha, a long handled fighting weapon designed for stabbing, parrying and striking. In the hands of an expert weapons like the pouwhenua were highly effective and could deliver death with a single blow delivered at lightning speed.

Titles:

Pouwhenua (long handled pointed fighting staff) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

staff weapon [300180692] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, edged weapons)

pou whenua [300379290]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, edged weapons, staff weapons)

Classifications:

weapons / armor (preferred)

Creation Date: 1800-1900

Creator Display:

unknown carver (active 1800-1900) [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: WE000906

Credit Line: Bequest of Kenneth Athol Webster, 1971

Creation: New Zealand [1000226] (Geographic)

Display Materials: wood

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

	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)

Dimensions: 1782 (height) x 175 (length) x 37 (width) mm

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	staff weapon [300180692]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, armaments, edged weapons) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Pouwhenua (long handled pointed fighting staff)	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=213399; 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