Context (CMS Context)
Collected c1875
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

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

Description (CMS Description)
Heavy club of dark wood, totokia ('pineapple' club). The head is circular in section (15.5 cm diameter approx.) and carved with 7 rows of fine and thin projecting spikes (some chipped). From the centre of the head projects a conical beak (about 11.5 cm long), tapering. The centre of the head shows a big crack. The shaft is curved at the top and circular in section. A length of hibiscus fibre is attached to the top of the shaft. The handle (lower part of the shaft) is carved with low relief tavatava patterns. Discoidal butt, carved with a line of tavatava and chipped.
Event Date 21/7/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'FIJI'. [typed:] 'Z-3094. CLUB, "Pineapple". "Totokia", takai wangga. A.H. Gordon. Circa 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '7/19'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 7'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 3094. Club, "pineapple", "totokia" takai wangga. A. H. Gordon circa 1875. Show Case number 7'.
Event Date 21/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'O.X.155.G.' inscribed in white ink above the handle. 'Z. 3094' inscribed in white ink above the handle and on the butt.
Event Date 21/7/2013
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.2014.142 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa