Accession No

Z 2946


Description

Roll of plaited coconut fibre string.


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji


Period


Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 2946; X 957 b


Cultural Affliation


Material

Plant; Fibre; Wood


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2946 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Roll of sennet.' [stamped in blue ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '4/285'. [added in pencil:] 'Z 957 b'. [stamped in blue ink:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 4'. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2946. Roll of sennet. Show Case number 4.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '4/285'. [added in pencil:] 'X 957 b'.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Roll of sennet
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A small metal label is tied to one end of the roll and reads: [handwritten in faded black ink:] 'Z 2946'.
Event Date 25/10/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (CMS Description)
Piece of ?wood, around which is wrapped a large quantity of fine 3-ply plaited cord of coir, light brown in colour. The way the cord is wrapped forms a diamond pattern. The end of the cord is untied.
Event Date 25/10/2013
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


Conservation ()
CON.2013.59 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa


FM:109450

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