ID: 700001749 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001749	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Koruru (gable mask) (koruru; Unknown; 1800; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; ME008536)

Note: A koruru is an architectural feature of wharenui or whare tupuna (customary Maori meeting houses). It is a carved head placed at the join of two barge boards that form a gable apex. The koruru is sometimes accompanied by another carved figure directly above it called a tekoteko - usually a representation of a warrior ancestor associated with the bloodlines of the tribe.

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:

ceremonial (preferred)

sculptures

Creation Date: 1800

Creator Display:

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: ME008536

Credit Line: Gift of the Wellcome Collection, 1952

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: 600 (height) x 230 (width) x 50 (depth) mm

General Subject:

ceremonial objects (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Koruru (gable mask)	........ [VP]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=197222; accessed 16 August 2012

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 16 August 2012