Context (CMS Context)
Note on catalogue card: "Used for catching moala " a monster fish which frequents deep water outside the reef". "The time for fishing off the Ra coast is in December about Christmas."
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Fish hook of wood, with snooding of fibre rope, made of mangrove wood.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Very large fish-hook of wood in two pieces. The shank is made from a thick piece of curved dark wood. The point is also made of wood and curves inwards almost horizontally. It is inserted into the end of the shank. The point is maintained in place by a lashing of 3-ply plaited coir forming diamond patterns. The top of the shank is carved with a knob to which is attached a thick cord of 3-ply plaited coir securing in place a length of 3-ply plaited and twisted coir cord.The end of the cord is coiled (still maintained in shape by a thin piece of metal thread) and terminates in a knot. A large crack in the shank, running vertically from the knob down (about 15 cm). Several medium sized cracks along the shank, especially where the wood curves.
Event Date 14/1/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: On the point and on the side of the shank, 'Z.2912' inscribed in white ink.
Event Date 14/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2912 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Na Vua Vua, Raki Raki, Viti Levu. Na Vuavua, Rakiraki district, Ra province. Fishhook of wood with snooding of fibre rope, made of mangrove, tiri, wood. Used for catching moala "a monster fish which frequents deep water outside the reef". "The time for fishing off the Ra coast is in December about Xmas".' [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION'. [added in pencil:] 'EB 15 b'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '4/46'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 4'. A round red sticker pasted on the card. [in black pen at the back of the card:] 'See Z. 2911.'
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2912. Na Vua Vua. Raki Raki, VITI LEVU. Na Vuavua. Rakiraki district, Ra Province. Fishhook of wood with snooding of fibre rope, made of mangrove, tiri, wood. Used for catching, moala "a monster fish which frequents deep water outside the reef". "The time for fishing off the Ra Coast is in December about Xmas". Showcase number 4.' [added in pencil:] 'EB 15 b'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '4/46'.
Event Date 14/1/2013
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 ()
CON.2013.68 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2019.4322 | Remedial
Event Date 9/10/2019
Author: Kirstie French

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