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 by a woman or a man. Worn and much prized by the Kai Tholo people of the mountains CLIN; 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)
Earplug carved from whale tooth shaped like a cotton reel. Each end is carved into a globular oval shape with a flat polished surface. One end is larger than the other; the smaller end has a shape scratched into the surface that looks like an inverted V with a line drawn horizontally across the top with the number ‘2’ scratched next to it. The smaller end also has some cracking around the edge. '1923.H112.' and 'Z-2718 C' inscribed on the object in black ink.
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