Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black ink:] '62.248 Oceania Fiji. Piece of clay dried in the sun and used to make a reddish brown dye for barkcloth manufacture. Natewa, Thakendrove, Vanua Levu, Fiji. October 1955. C&D. G. K. Roth 1962'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA 7 JUN 1988 TRANSCRIBED'. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] '62.248 Oceania Fiji. Piece of clay dried in the sun and used to make a reddish brown dye for barkcloth manufacture. Natewa, Thakendrove, Vanua Levu, Fiji. October 1955. C&D. G. K. Roth 1962.
Event Date 7/6/1988
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Piece of clay; In Process of Manufacture
Event Date 7/6/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A rectangular label reads: [handwritten in black ink:] '62.248 Red clay used to make red colouring for barkcloth patterns.' A rectangular piece of blue paper reads: [handwritten in black pen:] 'Clay dried in the sun, used to mix with soot to make a dye - Bark cloth manufacture at NATEWA, CAKAUDROVE. October 1955. 62.248'
Event Date 24/10/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Sample of red clay or ochre (umea) dried in the sun. Mixed with soot to make a dye used in the making of barkcloth. Shaped like a very large egg with a flat back. Red in colour. Solid.
Event Date 24/10/2013
Author: maa