Accession No
Z 2754
Description
Comb; Pendant - Comb of ivory
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu
Period
Source
von Hügel, Anatole Andreas Aloys (Baron) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 2754; 1923.H163
Cultural Affliation
Kai Tholo [from catalogue card]
Material
Ivory; Tooth
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Comb of ivory
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 2754' and '1923.H163' inscribed in black ink on one side of the object.
Event Date 28/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2754 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Viti Levu. Comb of ivory, from the Kai Tholo, the people of the mountains.' [[stamped in blue ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [added in black ink:] '(Centenary Exhibition)'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/258'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 1'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2754. Viti Levu. Comb of ivory, from the Kai Tholo, the people of the mountains. Show Case number 1.' [added in blue pen:] 'C (C. 1875) + D. A. VON HUGEL'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/256'.
Event Date 28/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Small pendant of whale tooth ivory in the shape of a four-pronged tooth. The top of the comb is rounded and pierced with a hole. The surface is lightly scratched. One side of the comb is light cream in colour. The other side is darker.
Event Date 28/1/2013
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
FM:109275
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