Accession No

Z 2718 A


Description

Ivory ear plug, hourglass shaped earplug made from whale tooth with a polished surface.


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu


Period


Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 2718 A; 1923.H110


Cultural Affliation

Kai Tholo [from catalogue card]


Material

Ivory; Tooth


Local Term

Saunidaliga [Fiji Project]


Measurements


Events

Loan (Exhibition)
Exhibition Body Art exhibition, January-July 2006.

Installation week: 23rd-27th January.

Last day of exhibition: 2nd July; de-installation: 3rd July.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Ivory plug
Event Date 14/6/1988
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
The catalogue card also reads: " 2 3 no record" Worn by a woman. Worn and much prized by the Kai Tholo, the people of the mountains. Collected by: Hugel.Baron.Anatole.von in ? 1875
Event Date 14/6/1988
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Exhibited: On loan to Stevenage Museum, UK, for 'Body Art: The Human Canvas,' 4 February to 2 July 2006.
Event Date 04/02/2006
Author: Rachel Hand


Description (CMS Description)
Hourglass shaped earplug made from whale tooth with a polished surface. Both ends are circular in shape, one is smooth and plain and the other has a hole bored into the centre surrounded by seven circular pieces of wood pressed into the surface.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads: [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2718 ['A-E' added in blue pen] FIJI. [typed:] 'Viti Levu. Ear ornaments ivory plug, 5 in number, a, b, c, d, & e. A, worn by a woman. C, worn by a woman or a man. B, d, and e, no record. Worn and much prized by the Kai Tholo, the people of the mountains. (Sau Ni Diliga [a 'n' added in front of 'Diliga' in pencil] = ear ornament). [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875' ['2' added in pencil above the stamp]. [in pencil:] '3 no record'. [in blue pen:] '1923 H 110-114'. [in pencil:] '1923 - H 110-11-12-13-14'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/18[?4 ;?5]'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner: [SHOW CASE NUMBER 1'. [stamped in black ink: CUMAA 14 JUN 1988 TRANSCRIBED'. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads: [handwritten in blue ink:] 'Z 2718. VITI LEVU. Ear ornaments ivory plug, 5 in number, a, b, c, d, and e. A worn by a woman. C worn by a woman or a man. B, c, and e no record. Worn and much prized by the Kai Tholo, the people of the mountains (Sau ninsiliga = ear ornament). Show Case number 1'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/185. [in pencil:] '3 no record. 1923- H 110-11-12-13-14'.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
This object was brought out of the stores for the visit of the Prime Minister of Fiji, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, and the Fijian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Mr Solo Mara on 26 November 2012.
Event Date 31/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '1923.H110.' and 'Z-2718 A' inscribed in black ink on the object.
Event Date 31/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


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


FM:80220

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