Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3959 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Spear, harpoon head shaped, A. H. Gordon circa 1875.' [added in pencil:] 'possibly copied from whalers harpoons'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 294 G'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '20/73'. [stamped in black ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 20'. [stamped in black ink:] '-73-'. Two small round red stickers pasted to the front of the card.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Spear; harpoon shaped head. Possibly copied from whalers' harpoons.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'O.X.294.G.' inscribed in white ink on the shaft. 'F.73.G.' inscribed in white ink on the shaft. A mark left by a large rectangular label visible on the shaft below the binding.
Event Date 24/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Long spear carved from a single piece of dark wood. The head resemble a harpoon head and is provided with a smaller version of the harpoon head lower down the head. Lower down, the shaft is bound with 3-ply plaited coir cords forming a fish-bone pattern. The rest of the shaft is circular in section and tapering towards the end. The surface shows a lot of side branches that have been cut off.
Event Date 24/1/2013
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.2013.47 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa