Exhibition (Maudslay Gallery)
EXH.2018.4 | Pacific Currents
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Labels & Markings)
On one side of the tabua [handwritten in black ink:] 'George Arthur Maurice Hamilton-Gordon 1877' and 'Z- 3025'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'FIJI'. [typed:] 'Z-3025. Tabua. A. H. Gordon, 1877. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '12 a / 30'. [added in pencil:] 'Gordon 1877'. A small round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in blue ink:] 'Z 3025. Tambua. A. H. Gordon 1877'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Tambua.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display in the temporary exhibition case next to the lift, celebrating the Museum's 125th anniversary, Maudslay Hall from May 2009- 31/5/2012 when it was removed for Chiefs and Governors. Not replaced following the end of this exhibition.
Event Date 05/2009
Author: Rachel Hand

Description (Physical description)
Presentation sperm whale tooth (tabua) pierced at the tip and butt, and hung on a cord of twisted black and white barkcloth thanks to two small 3-ply plaited coir cords. The surface of the tooth is very smooth and polished with a strong honey-brown colour in places. Two intentional dark notches (incised or burnt) are visible at the top of the tabua and a third horizontal one at the back (L. Carreau, 27/12/2012).
Event Date 27/12/2012
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge MAA, 7 June 2013 - 19 April 2014.
Event Date 07/06/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Conservation ()
CON.2014.180 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa