Context (CMS Context)
Purchased in London in 1882.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Club. Horn.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Spurred club of wood, gata waka. The head is curved and the sides are carved in waves of undulated ridges: one side presents some cracks. The top of the head is slightly cracked and has a prominent crest. The point of junction between the head and the spur presents an additional slight crest. The top of the spur has a rounded edge. The back of the spur presents a crack and the edge is pointy. The shaft is chipped in several points and one chunk of wood is missing from the middle. Pommel-shaped butt; a chunk of wood is missing from the edge.
Event Date 26/3/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'FIJI'. [typed:] 'Z-3044. Club, horn "Waka". Bought London 1882.' [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '6/56'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 6'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z.3044. Club, horn, "Waka". Bought London, 1882. Show Case number 6'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '6/56'.
Event Date 26/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z.3044' inscribed in white ink on the butt. 'Z.3044' inscribed in white ink on the handle. 'III.G' inscribed in white ink on the handle.
Event Date 26/3/2013
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.2014.135 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa