ID: 700001776 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001776	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Rei Niho Paraoa (sperm whale tooth pendant) (pendant (jewelry); Unknown; 1500-1850; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Welling...; WE001046)

Note: This rei puta (tusk/ivory neck pendant) is made from sperm whale ivory. It has large black eyes and a nose engraved onto the distral tip, forming a face. Four suspension holes have been drilled along the basal edge. It is predominantly off-white in colour with yellow patina.

Titles:

Rei Niho Paraoa (sperm whale tooth pendant) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

pendant (jewelry) [300046002] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, jewelry, <jewelry by form>)

pectoral (jewelry) [300211902]

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, jewelry, <jewelry by location>, jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body)

Classifications:

jewelry / ornament (preferred)

Creation Date: 1500-1850

Creator Display:

Unknown [preferred,VP]

craftsman unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Creation: Hokianga Harbour [1114457] Northland (region (administrative division)), 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: WE001046

Credit Line: Bequest of Kenneth Athol Webster, 1971

Display Materials: sperm whale tooth

	tooth (material) [300011855]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, combination inorganic/organic animal material, <bone and bone components materials>, bone (material), <bone by form as material>, <tooth and tooth components as materials>)

	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: 163 (height) x 69 (length) x 30 (width) mm

General Subject:

ornament (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Rei Niho Paraoa (sperm whale tooth pendant)	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=169692; accessed 17 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=169692; accessed 17 August 2012