Accession No
1962.281
Description
Club with shaft covered with black and white plaited pandanus and with white barkcloth streamer
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu; Rewa; Tonga
Period
Source
Tikina [?owner]; Roth, George Kingsley [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1962.281
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Plant; Fibre; Bark; Cloth
Local Term
Manda [from catalogue card]; Mada [Fiji Project]; Gata [Fiji Project]
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Shaft covered with black and white plaited pandanus and with white barckcloth streamer
Event Date 9/6/1988
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Roth.G.K in ?1962.
Event Date 9/6/1988
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Roth.G.K in ?1962.
Event Date 9/6/1988
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Shaft covered with black and white plaited pandanus and with white barckcloth streamer
Event Date 9/6/1988
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black pen:] '62.281. Oceania. Fiji. Club. Shaft covered with black and white plaited pandanus and with white bark cloth streamer. Used as dance club. This variety of club is called Nanda in Rewa. From district of Tonga, Rewa, Viti Levu. C & D G. K. Roth 1962'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA -9 JUN 1988 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black pen:] '62.281. Oceania. Fiji. Club. Shaft covered with black and white plaited pandanus and with white bark cloth streamer. Used as dance club. This variety of club is called Nanda in Rewa. From district of Tonga, Rewa, Viti Levu. C & D G. K. Roth 1962'.
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Large spurred club of light wood, mada or gata. Large head carved with a lip (tebetebe). Large spur with a longitudinal ridge. Very small ridge (teretere) at the junction between the head and the spur. The shaft is entirely bound with strips of pandanus leaf, some natural, some dyed black, forming a chequerboard pattern. At the top, the strips have been divided into very thin strips to form a fringe. A length of white barkcloth (masi) is attached around the top with a piece of string. At the end of the shaft, the strips of pandanus form a thicker fringe. The butt is ovoid and tapers.
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '62.281' inscribed in black ink on the butt. A large cream label is attached to the butt and reads [handwritten in pencil in G. K. Roth's handwritting:] 'Club called MANDA in REWA. From Tikina of Tonga. October 1957' and [added in black ink:] '62.281'.
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black pen:] '62.281. Oceania. Fiji. Club. Shaft covered with black and white plaited pandanus and with white bark cloth streamer. Used as dance club. This variety of club is called Nanda in Rewa. From district of Tonga, Rewa, Viti Levu. C & D G. K. Roth 1962'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA -9 JUN 1988 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black pen:] '62.281. Oceania. Fiji. Club. Shaft covered with black and white plaited pandanus and with white bark cloth streamer. Used as dance club. This variety of club is called Nanda in Rewa. From district of Tonga, Rewa, Viti Levu. C & D G. K. Roth 1962'.
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Large spurred club of light wood, mada or gata. Large head carved with a lip (tebetebe). Large spur with a longitudinal ridge. Very small ridge (teretere) at the junction between the head and the spur. The shaft is entirely bound with strips of pandanus leaf, some natural, some dyed black, forming a chequerboard pattern. At the top, the strips have been divided into very thin strips to form a fringe. A length of white barkcloth (masi) is attached around the top with a piece of string. At the end of the shaft, the strips of pandanus form a thicker fringe. The butt is ovoid and tapers.
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '62.281' inscribed in black ink on the butt. A large cream label is attached to the butt and reads [handwritten in pencil in G. K. Roth's handwritting:] 'Club called MANDA in REWA. From Tikina of Tonga. October 1957' and [added in black ink:] '62.281'.
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:80189
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