Accession No

Z 3051


Description

Club - Club. Horn


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji


Period


Source

Maudslay, Alfred Percival [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 3051; O.X.177.M


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term

Sali [from catalogue card]


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Collected c1875.
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 dark wood, sali, possibly carved from casuarina wood (nokonoko). The head is broad and decorated with three panels of raised dots separated by lines of zigzags. The top of the head is carved with a lip (tebetebe). The spur is long, thin and slightly chipped. The back of the head, top of the spur and back of the spur are decorated with lines of zigzags formed of very small burnt dots. The shaft is circular in section. Pommel-like butt.
Event Date 26/3/2013
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'FIJI'. [typed:] 'Z-3051. Club, horn "Sali". A. P. Maudslay. Circa 1875.' [added in pencil:] 'OX 177 M'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '6/65'. [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.3051. Club, horn, "Sali". A. P. Maudslay. Circa 1875. Show Case number 6'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 177 M.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '6/65'.
Event Date 26/3/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 3051' inscribed in white ink on the shaft and butt. 'O.X.177.M.' inscribed in white ink on the shaft.
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.2014.138 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa


FM:109532

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