ID: 700001851 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001851	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Pou tokomanawa (carved centre post) (Pou tokomanawa; Unknown; 1800; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; registration number: ME015090)

Note: This pou (carved figure) comes froma poutokomanawa- the central pole of one of the three supporting posts withina wharenui or whare tupuna (Maori ancestral house). His face is decorated with a full facial moko (tattoo); his eyes arepaua (New Zealand abalone) shell inserts.His body is completely carved in the front, whilehis back is undecorated except for the carved legs. His right hand holds a wahaika (short-bladed weapon used in hand to hand combat) and he wears a piupiu (flax skirt).

Titles:

Pou tokomanawa (carved centre post) (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

pou tokomanawa [300379326] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, <supporting and resisting elements>, anthropomorphic supporting elements)

post (structural element) [300001609]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, <supporting and resisting elements>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

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: registration number: ME015090

Credit Line: Purchased 1989

Display Materials: wood, paua shell

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

	abalone shell [300011833]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, combination inorganic/organic animal material, <animal shell and shell material>, shell (animal material), seashell)

Dimensions: Overall: 1010 (Height) x 230 (Width) x 145 (Depth) mm

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	male [300189559]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, biological concepts, sex (biological characteristic)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Pou tokomanawa (carved centre post)	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=69377; accessed 22 August 2012
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

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

....................... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 27 August 2012

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 22 August 2012