ID: 700001875 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001875	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Tata (canoe bailer) (bailer; Unknown; 1800; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; registration number: ME013089)

Note: Maori bailing devices are known by several different names – tata, tiheru, and ta wai. This example is elaborately carved and adheres to the form of customary bailers, which is unique to Maori. Construction involved carving a single piece of wood to make a large hollowed scoop with a forward projecting handle.

Titles:

Tata (canoe bailer) (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

bailer [300380485] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by context>, vehicle equipment, watercraft equipment)

Classifications:

tools / implements (preferred)

Creation Date: 1800

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

carver unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Creation: North Island [1008380] New Zealand (nation), Oceania (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: registration number: ME013089

Credit Line: Purchased 1974

Display Materials: wood

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

	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: 440 (Length) x 240 (Width) mm

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Tata (canoe bailer)	........ [VP]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=57089; accessed 23 August 2012

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 23 August 2012

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 23 August 2012