ID: 700001785 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001785	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Mask (ceremonial object; Unknown; ca. 1870; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; FE000530)

Note: Masks, often made predominantly of turtle shell, were a feature of Torres Strait Islander culture. This example is unusual, if not unique, in its incorporation of a European-style, broad-brimmed hat. It is one of several important examples in Te Papa's collections that show early and striking Pacific adaptations of European hat styles.

Titles:

Mask (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

ceremonial object [300234117] (preferred)

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

mask (costume) [300138758]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), <costume by function>)

Classifications:

ceremonial (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1870

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

craftsperson 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: FE000530

Credit Line: Gift of the Marquess of Normanby, 1875

Creation: Torres Strait [7001984] (Geographic)

Display Materials: turtle shell, sennit, shells, feathers, pigment

	feather (material) [300011809]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, keratinous material)

	candlenut oil [300014288]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, organic material, oil (organic material), <oil by composition or origin>, vegetable oil)

	shell (animal material) [300011829]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, combination inorganic/organic animal material, <animal shell and shell material>)

	sennit [300379318]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, cord (fiber product))

	pigments [300013109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, colorant (material))

Dimensions: 430 (height) x 374 (width) x 355 (depth) mm

Cultures:

Oceanic (preferred)

General Subject:

ceremonial objects (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Mask	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=162049; accessed 20 August 2012
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

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

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=162049; accessed 20 August 2012