ID: 700001874 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001874	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Tatua Hume (belt) (belt (costume accessory); Unknown; 1800-1840; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; ME013966)

Note: This tätua (man's woven belt) is made from fine muka (flax fibre) extracted from the harakeke (flax: Phormium tenax) plant. This example is decorated with dog hair. Tätua were worn around the waist and used to carry short-handled weapons such as mere and patu (short flat clubs).

Titles:

Tatua Hume (belt) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

belt (costume accessory) [300210002] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories)

Classifications:

costume / clothing (preferred)

Creation Date: 1800-1840

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

weaver 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: ME013966

Credit Line: Purchased 1977

Display Materials: Muka fibre, dog hair

	hair (material) [300011814]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, keratinous material, <hair and hair components as materials>)

	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)

	Term Not Found
	....... (AAT Candidate)

	hand weaving [300053643]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), weaving)

Dimensions: 200 (Height) x 2870 (Length) x 420 (Width/Depth) mm; Overall: 2870 (Length) x 105 (Width) mm

General Subject:

apparel (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Tatua Hume (belt)	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=53958; accessed 23 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=53958; accessed 23 August 2012