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ID: 700001793
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001793
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Mere pounamu (greenstone short bladed weapon) (mere pounamu; Unknown; 1500; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; registration number: ME005039)
Note: This mere pounamu (greenstone short-bladed weapon) has become disassociated from its history, so unfortunately little is known about it. It is, however, a fine example, with five grooves on the handle and a suspension hole where a fibre or animal hide thong once secured it to the wrist of the wearer.
Titles:
Mere pounamu (greenstone short bladed weapon) (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
mere pounamu [300379320] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, percussive weapons)
edged weapon [300036973]
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons)
club (weapon) [300037206]
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name), weapons, percussive weapons)

Classifications:
weapons / armor (preferred)

Creation Date: 1500

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: registration number: ME005039
Credit Line: Purchased 1936
Display Materials: poumanu
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>)

Dimensions: Overall: 362 (Length) x 100 (Width) x 14 (Depth) mm
General Subject:
utilitarian objects (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Mere pounamu (greenstone short bladed weapon)........ [VP,TePapa]
........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=116358; accessed 20 August 2012
........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)
Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa]
....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 20 Auguts 2012
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