Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3814 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Mallet for beating tapa. A. P. Maudslay circa 1875. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '18/x4'. [stamped in black ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 18'. A small round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 3814. Mallet for beating tapa. A. P. Maudslay circa 1875. Show Case number 18. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '18/4'. [added in pencil:] '1884-M32' and 'M.371'.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Mallet for beating tapa.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Barkcloth beater carved from a solid piece of wood. The beater is almost rectangular in section. The long sides are carved with longitudinal grooves and the short sides are left un-carved. The top of the beater is very slightly convex. The handle is circular in section with a slightly convex base. The objects curves sideways. 'Z. 3814' and '1884.M32.' inscribed in white ink on the top of the handle. 'Z. 3814' inscribed in white ink on the base of the handle. Something illegible inscribed in orange crayon on the top of the beater.
Event Date 22/10/2011
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