Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Containers (hierarchy name)
5. containers (receptacles)
6. [containers by function or context]
7. [containers for personal use]
8. [containers for personal gear]

Anotations

Scope note:

Maori boxes designed to hold treasured personal adornments, such as amulets, combs, and bird feathers. Generally made from wood, elaborately carved, and suspended from the ceiling of a whare or house, so that the ornately carved underside could be admired.