Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black pen:] '62.276 a&b. Oceania. Fiji. A) Flyswitch (I roi) haft made of Dacrydium elatam, Toxaceae (yaka). Tread made of coconut husk fibres, Ngau Island, Lomaiviti. B) Flyswitch (I roi), Notho, Rewa, Viti Levu 1957. C & D G.K. Roth 1962'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA -7 JUN 1988 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 is similar to catalogue card 1, minus the stamp.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by GKR in October 1957.
Event Date 1957
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
A large cream label attached to the shaft reads [handwritten in pencil:] 'Flywhisk. From Notho, REWA. October 1957.' [added in blue pen:] '62.276 b.'
Event Date 1962
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
'62.276 b' inscribed in black ink on the end of the shaft.
Event Date 1962
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Fly Switch.
Event Date 7/6/1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Flywhisk. shaft of dark wood, square in section at the top, turning into a circular section, and flaring towards the butt. The top of the shaft is carved with a deep groove to which are tassels of long coir fibre. Each tassel is twisted for about 3 cm, then tied with a loose knot. The surface of the wood covered in very small specks of a clear varnish-like substance (L.Carreau, 19/09/2012).
Event Date 19/9/2012
Author: maa