ID: 700001752 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001752	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Toki poutangata (ceremonial adze) (adze; Unknown; 1500-1800; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; OL000491)

Note: The toki poutangata is a symbol of chiefly authority and tribal leadership. Made from an elegantly fashioned pounamu blade, often decorated with ornamental kaniwha notches that may be a mnemonic device to assist in the recitation of genealies; and fastened to carved wooden handle. Toki poutangata are tribal heirlooms and ascribed personal names, and even magical powers.

Titles:

Toki poutangata (ceremonial adze) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

adze [300023553] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, cutting equipment, cutting tools)

ceremonial object [300234117]

..... (Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by function>)

toki pou tangata [300379305]

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

toki [300379306]

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

Classifications:

ceremonial (preferred)

Creation Date: 1500-1800

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: OL000491

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

Creation: New Zealand [1000226] (Geographic)

Display Materials: wood, pounamu, muka

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

	muka (fiber) [300379297]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, fiber, natural fiber, plant fiber)

	pounamu [300379291]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material))

	carving (processes) [300053149]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>, <carving and carving techniques>)

	lapidary (process) [300053937]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>)

Dimensions: Overall: 495 (length) x 75 (width) x 330 (depth) mm

General Subject:

ceremonial objects (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Toki poutangata (ceremonial adze)	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=197196; accessed 16 August 2012
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

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

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

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