Exhibition (Maudslay Gallery)
EXH.2018.4 | Pacific Currents
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden

Description (CMS Description)
Dish, oil.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Research: "Wai Levu is the correct name for the Rewa River. Rewa is the district in S.E. of the island of Viti Levu. R.Ewins, 19.02.1986."
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z- 3799' inscribed twice in faded white ink on the back of the dish. Fragments of an old label visible on the back of the dish.
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads: [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3799 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Wai Levu river, Rewa, Viti Levu. Tholo East province. Dish, oil,' [added in pencil:] 'Wai Levu village is in Tholo East province. There are several places called Rewa also a river.' [a note in pencil:] 'Wai Levu is the correct name for the Rewa River. Rewa is the District in SE of the island of Viti Levu. R. Ewins 19/2/86'. [stamped in black ink:] THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [added in pencil:] 'OX 673 H''. [stamped in blue ink:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 17'. A simple line drawing of the object in pencil. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads: [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 3799 WAI LEVU RIVER. REWA. VITI LEVU. Dish, oil. Show case number 17.' [added in pencil:] 'OX 673 H.
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Canoe-shaped oil dish carved from a solid piece of ?vesi wood. The two holes are connected by a square platform which forms the dish. Visible oil residue to which fragments of tissue paper has adhered. One corner of the platform is heavily chipped (old).
Event Date 24/3/2013
Author: maa

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.2014.170 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa