Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2783 FIJI'. [typed:] '3 Levuka, Ovalau Isld: 11 Raki Raki, Na Vua Vua. 5 Viti Levu. Ra Province Rakiraki. Tattooing implements, case 2, 19 in number:- Taken from some of the Baron von Hugel's notes, - "Bamboo (bitu) case with set of 10 tattooing implements, bati ni veggie "Teeth of the tattooing" (place) Na via via, Raki rake Viti Levu." Case made of the lower part of the internode of a bamboo 240 mm long by 80 mm diameter. "Presented 1875 by the woman who had been in the habit of using them. At this date girls were occasionally tattooed in the Ra district, Viti Levu, but in the interior of the island the practice had not then been abandoned." A.P. Maudslay 3, Von Hugel 11, A.H. Gordon 3, Dr: Brady 1, Unrecorded 1' [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE 2'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2783 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Tattooing implements, 19 in number, a to o, 11 von Hugel, 3 A.P. Maudslay, 3 A.H. Gordon, 1 Dr: Brady, 1 Uncertain. [added in pencil:] = 19. 1923- H 12, 11, 1?, 1?, 19, 1a, 14, 1c, 1d, 1k,1 e; OX 939 H, note registered; 1884-M3, G2, M1, G1, M2'. [added in blue pen:] '1902 332 = Z 2783 (14)' and '1891 42 (1) = Z 2783 (16)'. [added in pencil:] '1891.89.4'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '2/5'. [stamped in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 2'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card. Black and white photographs of the objects stapled to the back of the card.
Catalogue card 3 reads [handwritten in black ink:] '3 LEVUKA, OVALAU Isld; 11 RAKI RAKI / NA VUA VUA; ?5 VITI LEVU RA PROVINCE RAKI RAKI'. Tattooing implements, Case 2, 19 in number: - Taken from some of the Baron von Hugel's notes, - "Bamboo (bitu) case with set of 10 tattooing implements, bati ni veggie "Teeth of the tattooing" (place) Na via via, Raki rake Viti Levu." Case made of the lower part of the internode of a bamboo 240 mm long by 80 mm diameter. "Presented 1875 by the woman who had been in the habit of using them. At this date girls were occasionally tattooed in the Ra district, Viti Levu, but in the interior of the island the practice had not then been abandoned." A.P. Maudslay 3, Von Hugel 11, A.H. Gordon 3, Dr: Brady 1, Unrecorded 1' Show Case 2.
Catalogue card 4 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 2783. Tattooing implements, 19 in number, a to o, 11 von Hugel, 3 A.P. Maudslay, 3 A.H. Gordon, 1 Dr: Brady, 1 Uncertain. Show Case number 2' [added in pencil:] = 19. 1923- H 12, 11, 1?, 1?, 19, 1a, 14, 1c, 1d, 1k,1 e; OX 939 H, note registered; 1884-M3, G2, M1, G1, M2. 1902-332. 1891-89-4'. In pencil in the bottom left corner:] '2/5'.
Event Date 10/11/1986
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Tattooing implement.
Event Date 10/11/1986
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: On loan to Stevenage Museum, UK, for 'Body Art: The Human Canvas,' 4 February to 2 July 2006.
Event Date 04/02/2006
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '1923.H.ib.' inscribed in white ink at the end of the haft. 'Z. 2783 (7) inscribed in black ink at the end of the haft.
Event Date 22/11/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Tattooing adze. Haft of bamboo. Head formed of a rectangular piece of turtle-shell bent into a L-shape. The short end of the L-shape is tied to the haft with single strips of coir and a thin cord of twisted vegetable fibre. The top of the head is pierced with a small round hole through which two lengths of coir and one length of twisted vegetable cord, tied to the binding. The head is carved with five teeth (possibly six originally). The haft is split. Black pigments visible on the haft, head and binding.
Event Date 22/11/2013
Author: maa

Research Visit (Anthropology Photographs)
RES..2532 | Pacific tattooing with am emphasis on Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Julia is a PNG tattooing artist who has marked the Fijians
Event Date 8/11/2018
Author: rachel hand