Context (CMS Context)
Collected c 1875
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Bailer for canoe
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z 2935' inscribed in white ink at the back of the bailer. 'O.X.340.M.' inscribed in white ink inside the bailer, at the narrow end.
Event Date 15/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2935 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Bailer for canoe. A. P. Maudslay circa 1875'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 340 M' and '113'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '4/63'. [stamped in black ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 4'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2935. Bailer for canoe. A. P. Maudslay. Circa 1875. Show Case number 4'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 340 M' and '113'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '4/63'.
Event Date 15/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Canoe bailer carved from a single piece of dark ?vesi wood. Handle of almost rectangular section, the top of which incised with geometrical motifs (striated triangles and bands of zigzags). At the wider end of the bailer, the lip is flat, thick and also carved with 2 bands of striated triangles. The narrow end of the bailer is waisted. The back is lightly chipped. Liquid stains visible at the back.
Event Date 15/1/2013
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