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

Description (CMS Description)
Club, paddle
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Paddle club of dark wood, relatively light in weight, kinikini. The blade long and rounded at the top. A thick curved ridge connects the two sides of the paddle. An uncarved line divides the head in two longitudinally. The entire surface of the head is carved with tavatava patterns. The top of the head is decorated with two uncarved crescents. Two uncarved circles are placed above the ridge and another two below the ridge. The shaft is circular in section with a diamond-shaped pommel. Traces of varnish visible on the surface of the paddle. The edge of the head is damaged.
Event Date 25/3/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2966. FIJI'. [typed:] 'Club, paddle, "Kini kini". A. P. Maudslay. Circa 1875.' [added in pencil:] 'OX 41 M'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '5/7'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 5'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card. A line drawing of the head of the club in pencil.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 2966. Club, paddle, kinikini. A. P. Maudslay. Circa 1875. Show Case number 5.' [added in pencil:] 'OX 41 M.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '5/7'.
Event Date 25/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 2966' inscribed in white ink on the handle and on the pommel. 'O.X.41.M.' inscribed in white ink on the handle.
Event Date 25/3/2013
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.2014.141 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa