Accession No

Z 2765


Description

Necklace - Necklace of two rows of cowrie shells.


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji; Viti Levu


Period


Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 2765


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell; Plant; Fibre; shell, plant fibre


Local Term


Measurements

40mm x 25mm x 346mm


Events

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


Description (CMS Description)
Necklace of two rows of cowrie shells.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Necklace. The cord formed of several length of twisted European cord to which 42 ?cowrie shells (21 on each side) are tied with three ply plaited coir. The side of each shell perforated to accommodate the coir cord. ‘Z 2765’ inscribed in black ink on two shells at either end of the necklace.
Event Date 26/10/2012
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads: [stamped:' Z 2765 FIJI' [typed:] Viti Levu. Necklace of two rows of cowrie shells.' [stamped in dark blue ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/224'. [stamped in blue ink:] SHOW CASE NUMBER 1'. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads: [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2765 VITI LEVU. Necklace of two rows of cowrie shells. 1/224. Show Case number 1'.
Event Date 26/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2015.1933 | Remedial
Event Date 21/7/2015
Author: rah99


Description (CMS Description)
Necklace of two rows of cowrie shells, 42 shells in total.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa


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


FM:109286

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