Accession No

1918.213.32


Description

Vessel; Water pot - No further data


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji


Period


Source

Gordon, Arthur Charles Hamilton [collector]; Gordon, George Arthur Maurice Hamilton [donor]; Stanmore (Lord)


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1918.213.32; MAA: Z 3980


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic (fired); Pottery


Local Term

Saqaniwai [Fiji Project]


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
This computer entry has been taken from a cover card for the accession numbers 1918.213.32-49. It is quite possible that the artifact concerned has also been catalogued under a Z number, but at present (3 8 1988) there is no way of tying in these duplications. M.G.A; Collected by: Gordon.Sir.Arthur.Hamilton-
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
No further data
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Large water pot of lightly glazed ceramic. Slightly pear-shaped. A circular aperture at the top with raised collared neck and flaring rim. The rings on the collar are notched. The surface of the pot forms an irregular grid.
Event Date 7/1/2013
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in blue pen:] '1918.213 (32-49) MELANESIA. FIJI. 18 earthenware vessels of various forms. G. A. M. Hamilton Gordon. 2nd Baron Stanmore. (See 1st card).' [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 16 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. On the back of the card [in blue pen:] '32 - ; 33 lg. pot in shape of canoe (no. no.); 34 lg pot in shape of canoe (no. no.); 35 - ; 36 - ; 37 - ; 38 hanging clay water pote; 39 Z 3638 cooking pot; 40 Z 3634 covering pot; 41 - ; 42 water pot; 43 - ; 44 - ; 45 Z 3547 double container each part turtle shape; 46 - ; 47 Z 3540 in shape of turtle; 48 (no other no.) in shape od 3 joined oranged; 49 (no other no.) in shape of 3 joined oranges.' Black and white photographs of 1918.213.34, 1918.213.42 and 1918.213.49 stapled to the back of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3980 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Pot water, A. H. Gordon circa 1875.' [added in pencil:] '1918-213 (38 or 36?)'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] 'over 14/2'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card. Two black and white photographs of the object stapled to the back of the card.
Catalogue card 3 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z-3980. Pot, water. A. H. Gordon. Circa 1875. ' [added in pencil in the bottom left corner:] 'over 14/2'. [added in pencil:] '1918-213 (38 or 36)'.
Event Date 7/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '1918.213.32.' inscribed in very faded white ink on one side of the pot. 'Z. 3980' inscribed in white ink on both sides of the pot. A rectangular mark left by a label (not present any more) - the label having taken out the glazing where it was pasted.
Event Date 7/1/2013
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


Conservation ()
CON.2014.153 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa


FM:80565

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