Accession No
Z 2718 B
Description
Earplug; Ear ornament - Ivory plug
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu
Period
Source
von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 2718 B; 1923.H111
Cultural Affliation
Kai Tholo; Kai Colo
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
Context (CMS Context)
The catalogue card also reads: " 2 3 no record" . Worn and much prized by the Kai Tholo. Collected by: Hugel.Baron.Anatole.von in ? 1875
Event Date 14/6/1988
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Ivory plug
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 slightly oval in shape with crenelated edging; one side is smooth and plain and the other has a hole bored into the centre. The surface is covered with small scratches and there is an semi-circular shaped indentation on one side. '1923.H111.' and 'Z- 2718 B' inscribed in black ink on the object.
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
FM:80221
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