Accession No

Z 2974


Description

Club - Club, "lotus"


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji


Period


Source

Fenton, S. G.; von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 2974; O.X.171.H


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term

Ngu ngu [from catalogue card]; Ngungu [from catalogue card]; siriti [Fiji Project]


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Note on catalogue card: "Purchased from Fenton, London, 1889."
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa


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


Description (CMS Description)
Heavy club of dark wood, siriti. The head is triangular in shape and carved with a grid in relief and tavatava patterns in low-relief. The upper part of the shaft and the handle are carved with tavatava patterns. The butt is slightly convex.
Event Date 25/3/2013
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2974. FIJI'. [typed:] 'Club, "lotus", "Ngu ngu". [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION'. [typed:] 'Bought Fenton, London, 1889'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 171 H'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '5/112'. [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 2974. Club, "lotus", "Ngu ngu". Bought Fenton, London, 1889. Show Case number 5.' [added in pencil:] 'OX 171 H'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '5/112'.
Event Date 25/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 2974' inscribed in faded white ink on the shaft and butt. 'O.X.171.H.' 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.2014.176 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa


FM:109471

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