Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads: [handwritten in black ink:] '66.5 Oceania. Melanesia. ?Fiji. Container of polished coconut. dd C. Fell, pro R.A. Fell. F. T. E. Fell, Colonial Service in Fiji in 1920s'. [added in blue pen:] 'kava drinking bowl'.
Catalogue card 2 reads: [handwritten in blue pen:] '66.5 OCEANIA FIJI. Yangona cup, bilo. dd. C. Fell. Coll. of T. E. Fell Col. Sec. Fiji 1920s.' [added in red pen:] 'Duplicate card A. Brown April '96'.
Card 3 reads: [handwritten in blue pencil:] 'Z 29942 MELANESIA FIJI. Coconut drinking cup.'
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Kava drinking bowl of polished coconut.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Annual Report on the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 1965-66 [28 November 1966], List of Accessions to the Museum, 1965-66: 'Fell, Mr R.A., Mr J.W., and Miss C. I.: […] wooden vessels, Melanesia (66.4-8).' (1966:3).
Event Date 20/9/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Drinking cup for yaqona made from half a coconut shell. The surface is very polished and smooth both inside and outside. The inside shows a grey-ish patina. The protruding bottom formed by the three ridges of the coconut shell is pierced (no cord). The lip is lightly cracked in one place (about 1 cm long). Inside the shell, '66.5' inscribed in black ink near the lip. On the outside of the shell, 'Z 29942' inscribed in white ink near the lip.
Event Date 20/9/2012
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