ID: 700001740 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001740	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Koruru (gable mask) (koruru; Unknown; 1800; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; OL000144)

Note: This large, figuratively decorated koruru or parata (gable mask) was carved with metal chisels, probably in the mid to late 19th century. The proportions of the face are exaggerated, with a large, pronounced forehead, broad nose, expansive eyelids over small ovoid eyes, and tiny ears. The mouth suggests a smile and the expression is that of a young, male face. Part of his moko (Maori customary tattoo) above the top lip is incomplete or missing. This koruru is unusualbecause it is carved figuratively. There is a generally accepted convention that customary carving on whare tupuna were usually abstract representations. This particular koruru breaks with that custom.

Titles:

Koruru (gable mask) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

koruru [300379299] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, figures (representations), <figures by portion represented>, heads (representations))

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1800

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

carver unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Creation: New Zealand [1000226] (Geographic)

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

Repository Numbers: OL000144

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

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>)

	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: 540 (height) x 400 (width) x 230 (depth) mm

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	head (animal or human component) [300375054]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, animal components) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Koruru (gable mask)	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=211047; accessed 15 August 2012
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

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

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 15 August 2012