Accession No

Z 2706


Description

Double model canoe with mast, sail of matting, yard, boom, steering oar, sculling paddle, baler


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji; ?Viti Levu


Period


Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 2706


Cultural Affliation

Indigenous Fijian


Material

Wood; Wood, plant fibre, pandanus leaf


Local Term

drua


Measurements

350mm x 400mm x 1550mm


Events

Loan (Exhibition)
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich, October 15 2016- February 12 2017, Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Model Canoe; Double, with mast, sail of matting, yard, boom, steering oar, sculling paddle, baler
Event Date 14/6/1988
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
The catalogue card reads: " Probably Viti Levu" .; Collected by: Hugel.Baron.Anatole.von in ? 1875
Event Date 14/6/1988
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge MAA, 7 June 2013 - 19 April 2014.
Event Date 25/4/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden


Context (CMS Context)
Sail stored separately in 48.M.7 as (after it was relaxed by conservation) it is too large for the original box.
Event Date 30/6/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2015.2115 | Remedial
Event Date 9/12/2015
Author: rah99


Description (CMS Description)
Canoe model.
Double canoe model, with mast, sail of matting, yard, boom, steering oar, sculling paddle and baler.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa


Conservation ()
CON.2013.43 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa


Context (Other)
The top rail of the platform was found broken in packaging upon return to MAA from the exhibition 'Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific' at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich October 15 2016- February 12 2017. The break occurred in a place weak due to previous breakage which was repaired before travel.
Event Date 13/3/2017
Author: Remke Velden


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2019.4326 | Remedial
Event Date 4/11/2019
Author: Kirstie French (admin)


FM:80212

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