Loan (Exhibition)
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich, October 15 2016- February 12 2017, Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific
Event Date
Author: maa

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Loan (Exhibition)
Polynésie, June 2008-Sept 2008
Event Date
Author: maa

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Loan (Exhibition)
Exhibition \'Pacific Divinities: Gods, Chiefs and Priests in Polynesia 1760-1850\', March 2006-May 2006.
Event Date
Author: maa

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Description (CMS Description)
Necklace of eight ivory figures.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

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Context (CMS Context)
Note on catalogue card: "Hearsay that this necklace was presented to Lady Gordon, wife of the then governor of Fiji, but not known by whom presented. F.J.Hayter, 22.6.1935."
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

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Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2752 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Necklace of 8 ivory figures. A. H. Gordon circa 1875.' [in pencil:] 'Hearsay that this necklace was presented to Lady Gordon wife of the then governor of Fiji, but not know by whom presented. [Hayter's signature] 27-6-35'. [added in black ink:] 'Viti Levu Tholo'. [added in pencil:] 'Natl Gallery, Washington, 1979 ex.' [added in black ink:] '(Centenary Exhibition)'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/221'. [stamped in blue ink:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 1'. [added in black pen:] 'See over'. A black and white photograph of the necklace pasted to the back of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2752. Necklace of 8 ivory figures. Show Case number 1'. [in pencil:] 'Hearsay that this necklace was presented to Lady Gordon wife of the then governor of Fiji, but not know by whom presented. [Hayter's signature] 27-6-35'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/221'.
Event Date 10/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

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Description (CMS Description)
Necklace formed of 8 human figures carved from whale ivory, interspaced with 9 horn-shaped pendants of whale ivory, the bottom half of which is notched. Figures and pendants are pierced at the back and strung on a cord formed of several length of rigid ?vine / plant fibre around which 7 strands of very fine 3-ply plaited coir are bound. At each end, the cords terminated in a knot. The figures and pendants are of a light cream colour at the front and of a much darker honey-orange colour at the back. The cord is weak. 'Z. 2752' and '1884.G38' inscribed in black ink on the first pendant from the right.
Event Date 10/10/2012
Author: maa

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Context (CMS Context)
Published in Pacific Encounters exhibition catalogue (2006: 249) with the following caption: 'This unique necklace is composed of eight figures and nine other pendants. All the figures are pierced for suspension at the back of the head; it is not know what the other pendants represent, but the distinctive notching is paralleled in Nos 231-2 and Tongan food hooks of Cook voyage vintage (Kaeppler 1974:79). The main figure appears to be carved in a Fijian style, with a band across the forehead. The darker honey colour of the back of the pendants is the result of contact with scented coconut oil.'
Event Date 10/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

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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

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Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2015.2105 | Assessment Only
Event Date 8/12/2015
Author: rah99

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Context (CMS Context)
‘Exhibited: On display in Von Hugel’s Fijian Cabinet in the Introductory case, Maudslay Hall, from 17/5/2015’
Exhibited: on display in 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge, LKS gallery, MAA, 7 June 2013 - 19 April 2014.
Exhibited: On display in Von Hugel’s Fijian Cabinet in the Introductory case, Maudslay Hall, May 2012- June 2013.
Exhibited: On display in the Fiji cube case Maudslay Hall, between 24/05/1989 and 5 October 2011.'
Exhibited: On loan to Polynésie: arts et divinités 1760-1860", Musée du quai Branly, Paris,17 June 2008 - 14 September 2008'.
Exhibited: On loan to ”Pacific Encounters", Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, May 2006 - August 2006'
Exhibited: 'Showcase number 1, 1/221' [no date]
Event Date 19/5/2015
Author: Rachel Hand

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Description (CMS Description)
Necklace.
Formed of 8 human figures carved from whale ivory interspaced with 9 horn-shaped pendants of whale ivory.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa

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Conservation ()
CON.2013.40 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa

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Conservation (Soft Mount )
CON.2016.3513 | Soft Mount
Event Date 18/8/2016
Author: Rachel Howie

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Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2018.4148 | Assessment Only
Event Date 29/6/2018
Author: Christina Rozeik

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Loan (Exhibition)
Royal Academy of Arts, 14/09/2018 to 09/12/2018, Oceania
Event Date 14/9/2018
Author: rachel hand

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Loan (Exhibition)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 15/12/2019 to 19/07/2020, Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific
Event Date 15/12/2019
Author: Katrina Dring

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Loan (Exhibition)
Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris , 11/03/2019 to 07/07/2019, Oceanie
Event Date 11/3/2019
Author: rachel hand

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Loan (Exhibition)
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachussetts, 12/09/2020 to 03/01/2021, Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific
Event Date 12/9/2020
Author: Katrina Dring