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)
Cuttle fish bait with line. A piece of fish is placed on the stick protruding from the mouth of the shell so as to represent an occupant.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

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

Description (CMS Description)
Large cuttlefish bait. A large circular stone is placed in the centre and enclosed in two halves of tiger cowrie shells, forming an egg shape. The whole object is tied together with several length of 3-ply plaited coir. Two smaller shells, Oliva Carneola (Olividae Family), are attached to both ends of the object. A little piece of can sticks out from one of the ends.
Event Date 15/1/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'O.X.336.G.' inscribed in white ink on the shell. A small metal label attached to the coir cord reads 'Z. 2943' inscribed in black ink on both sides.
Event Date 15/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2943 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Cuttle fish bait with line. A piece of fish is placed on the stick protruding from the mouth of the shell so as to represent an occupant. A. H. Gordon circa 1875.' [added in pencil:] '? "Rat lure" for octopus.' and 'OX 336 G'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '4/52'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom left corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 4'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card. [in black pen on the back of the card:] 'The shells are - Large single speciment: Cypraea tigris. One of the three cowries found in Fiji; - the three small specimens: Dactylus (= Cylindrus) carneolus = oliva carneola. Pacific.' [added in pencil:] 'Subject to B. M. confirmation.'
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 2943. Cuttle fish bait with line. A piece of fish is placed on the stick protruding from the mouth of the shell so as to represent an occupant. A. H. Gordon circa 1875. Show case number 4.' [added in pencil:] 'OX 336 G'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '4/52'.
Event Date 15/1/2013
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 (Assessment Only)
CON.2015.2004 | Assessment Only
Event Date 18/9/2015
Author: rah99

Description (CMS Description)
Cuttlefish bait.
A large circular stone placed in the centre and enclosed in two halves of tiger cowries shells. The object is tied together with 3 ply plaited coir. Two smaller shells are attached to both ends of the object. A small piece of cane sticks out from one of the ends.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa

Conservation ()
CON.2013.32 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
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