Context (CMS Context)
Note on catalogue card: "Worn by the kai THolo, the people of the mountains, perhaps as a charm, as in many towns eels a tabu food."
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Necklace of eels vertebrae.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Long necklace formed of snake vertebrae strung on a cord of ?hibiscus fibre. Small modern museum label reads ‘Z 2766’ in black ink.
Event Date 26/10/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads: [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2766 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Wai ni Mala River. Tholo East Province. Viti Levu. Necklace of eels vertebrae. "Worn by the Kai Tholo, the people of the mountains, perhaps as a charm, as in many towns eels are a tabu food."' [stamped in dark blue ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/223'. [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 2766. WAI NI MALA River. Tholo East Province. Viti Levu. Necklace of eels vertebrae. "Worn by the Kai Tholo, the people of the mountains, perhaps as a charm, as in many towns eels are a tabu food." Show Case number 1.' [ in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/223'.
Event Date 26/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau