Carved Treasure Box
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1840
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED BOX, "WAKAHUIA," CALLED A TREASURE OR FEATHER BOX, WITH SCROLL DESIGNS IN THE "TARANAKI" STYLE COVERING THE BOX AND LID, AND TRACES OF RED OCHRE PAINTING. HANDLES AT EITHER END ARE UNDECORATED. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. PUBLICATION: ILLUS. USNM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 79, ART. 30, PL. 10, P. 54. LENT TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/1978, RETURNED 2/1978.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3785-7. NOS. 3785, 3786: ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 79, ART. 30; PL. 10; P. 54. 3785. AN INTERESTING OLD EXAMPLE. (CARVED WOOD)." FROM SECOND CARD: "ILLUS: USNM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 79, ART. 30; PL. 10; P.54. H.D. SKINNER, MAY 1922, DUNEDIN, N.Z.: AN INTERESTING OLD EXAMPLE (CARVED WOOD) "DRESSING CASE (WAKA O TE PARE) OF A NEW ZEALAND CHIEF". D. R. SIMMONS: WAKAHUIA FEATHER BOX WITH SCROLL DESIGNS IN TARANAKI STYLE. THERE ARE TRACES OF RED OCHRE PAINTING. THE CARVING HAS BEEN DONE WITH A SOFT IRON TOOL. NOV. 1974. LOANED TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/23/78. RETURNED FROM BISHOP MUSEUM 2/15/78. LOANED TO BISHOP MUSEUM 1/23/78."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies #s 510 - 512 as "Dressing case (waka o te pare) of a New Zealand chief." Additional notes from D.R. Simmons, Curator, Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland, New Zealand, 1973: "Waka o te pare = box for ornaments. These are more commonly called wakahuia or papahou, or in English - feather or treasure boxes."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) / Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3785-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 34 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 34 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9.4 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 5.9 cm