Accession No

1932.628


Description

Cooking Pot - Cooking Pot


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji; Vanua Levu; Mbua Province


Period


Source

Roth, George Kingsley [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1932.628


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic (fired); Pottery


Local Term

Kuro [from catalogue card]; Vakariti [from catalogue card]


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card has the following entry: " Card Index Section 21" Exhibited: Over Old Show Case Number 16
Event Date 29/7/1987
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Cooking Pot
Event Date 29/7/1987
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Cooking pot of unglazed ceramic, very dark brown. A large aperture at the top (about 14 cm diameter). Flaring rim, lightly chipped. Round shoulder and round bottom. No decoration.
Event Date 8/1/2013
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [stamped in black ink:] '32-628 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Mbua province. Vanua Levu Island. Cooking pot, - "Kuro". ['Kuro' crossed off and replaced by 'Vakariri']. Kingsley Roth. [added in pencil:] 'Card index section 21 over show case 16'. [stamped in black ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER'. [added in pencil:] '16'. [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 29 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'.
Event Date 8/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '32.628' inscribed twice in white ink on the body of the pot.
Event Date 8/1/2013
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.2014.151 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa


FM:80624

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