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)
Basket, fishing
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
About noke baskets: 'Crescentic noke fishing baskets, worn at a woman's hip, were generally laced along the mouth, leaving only a central opening through which the fish were thrust' (Clunie, Fergus. 1986. Yalo I Viti. Suva: Fiji Museum. Object no. 43).
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Large semi-circular fishing basket (noke) formed of a circle of coconut palm leaf basketry folded in two. The edges are tied on both side with twisted hibiscus cord, except at the top where there is a 13 cm wide aperture. Along the aperture, one side of the rim is wound with two length of thick 3-ply plaited hibiscus fibre. The end plait of the basket is tied into a knot inside the basket. Very fine basketry work at the bottom of the bag (the centre of the basketry circle).
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2906 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Basket, fishing,' [stamped in blue ink:] THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '4/49'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 4'. A small round red sticker pasted on the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2906. Basket, fishing. Showcase number 4'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '4/49'.
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z 2906' inscribed in black ink on the basket.
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

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

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2015.2077 | Remedial
Event Date 3/12/2015
Author: rah99

Description (CMS Description)
Fishing basket - large semi-circular.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa

Context (Other)
Minor shedding of natural fibres found in packaging both upon installation and return to MAA from the exhibition 'Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific' at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich October 15 2016- February 12 2017. Bagged and stored with object.
Event Date 13/3/2017
Author: Remke Velden

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