Description (CMS Description)
Clay Cooking Pot
Event Date 17/7/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
The Fiji catalogue reference cards have the following entries: " Extract from register 1918.213.1-74: Additions to the Gordon Collections presented by George A.H. Gordon and collected by his father during his governorship of Fiji from September 1875 till January 1880. (Sir A.H.Gordon was Governor of Fiji from September 1875 till January 1880. F.J.H)." " Confirm Minutes of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 18 October 1883, and Accessions Register" . There are two cards referring to this item, one a card bearing a Z -accession number and cataloguing the individual item, and one card bearing the accession numbers 1918.213.32-49. The latter reads: " 18 earthenware vessels of various forms" and gives the box number: " 12.C.2" Exhibited: Old Show Case Number 15 (15/127); Collected by: Gordon.Sir.Arthur.Hamilton- in ? 1875
Event Date 17/7/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 3638' inscribed in white ink on the shoulder and on the bottom of the pot. A rectangular cream label pasted to the shoulder reads [printed in black ink:] 'Z-3638'. On the side of the pot, '1918.213.39' and 'Z. 3638'. Inscribed in white ink.
Event Date 8/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in blue pen:] '1918.213 (32-49) MELANESIA. FIJI. 18 earthenware vessels of various forms. G. A. M. Hamilton Gordon. 2nd Baron Stanmore. (See 1st card).' [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 16 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. On the back of the card [in blue pen:] '32 - ; 33 lg. pot in shape of canoe (no. no.); 34 lg pot in shape of canoe (no. no.); 35 - ; 36 - ; 37 - ; 38 hanging clay water pot; 39 Z 3638 cooking pot; 40 Z 3634 covering pot; 41 - ; 42 water pot; 43 - ; 44 - ; 45 Z 3547 double container each part turtle shape; 46 - ; 47 Z 3540 in shape of turtle; 48 (no other no.) in shape of 3 joined oranges; 49 (no other no.) in shape of 3 joined oranges.' Black and white photographs of 1918.213.34, 1918.213.42 and 1918.213.49 stapled to the back of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3638 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Cooking pot of clay. A. H. Gordon circa 1875.' [added in pencil:] '1918-213-39'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '15/27'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 16'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA 17 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 3 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 3638 A. H. Gordon Circa 1875. Show Case number 15'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '15/127'. [added in pencil:] '1918-213-39'.
Catalogue card 4 reads [handwritten in black pen:] 'Z 3638. FIJI. COOKING POT. VON HUGEL COLLN 1875.' [in red pen:] 'DUPLICATE CARD. ORIGINAL NOT FOUND 11-9-03'. A black and white photograph of the object stapled to the card.
Event Date 8/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Water pot of glazed ceramic. Globular in shape. The top provided with a short neck decorated with raised dots and slightly flared rim. The shoulder is decorated with geometrical incisions forming a network of zigzags and triangles. It also shows five raised shaped consisting of a U shape with an extra branch in the centre, reminiscent of the end of a leba fruit or a bird's footprint. The bottom half of the pot is undecorated. The transition between the decorated and undecorated parts of the pot is marked with raised dots (some chipped). A crack on the side of the dish.
Event Date 8/1/2013
Author: maa