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

Context (CMS Context)
Collected by Anatole von Hugel in December 1875 according to catalogue card.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
This object was brought out of the stores for the visit of the President of Fiji, His Excellency Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, and the Fijian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Mr Solo Mara on 28 July 2012.
Event Date 31/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Club of dark wood, bowai. Flared convex head. The upper part of the shaft and the head are inlaid with small circular ivory, shell and ?teeth pieces forming a continuous line running from one side of the club, across the head and down the other side. 43 inlays were originally present, 2 now missing. 32 inlays of ivory (possibly 35 if those across the head are ivory - much whiter colour than the other ones), 3 shell-heads inlays and 2 ?tooth fragments inlays. The shaft is circular in section and flares towards the butt. Concave butt pierced with 2 oblique holes (one broken).
Event Date 27/8/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 3205' inscribed in white ink on the handle and butt. 'O.X.128.H.' inscribed in faded white ink on the handle. 'XXIV.d.' inscribed in white ink on the butt.
Event Date 27/8/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] Z 3205 'FIJI'. [typed:] 'Vunda, Viti Levu also Na Rewa. Nandi province. Club, Bowai, Mbowai. December 1875.' [added in pencil:] 'Na Rewa, not the big Rewa R evidently, better leave out of catalogue. See also Z-3208. Roth says there is a village called VUNOA in the north of Viti Levu, but that is not known that there is a Vunda in the Rewa River area'. [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION 1875'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '9/46'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 128 H' and [crossed off:] '59'. [stamped in black ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 9'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z- 3205. Vunda, VITI LEVU also Na Rewa Nandi province. Club, mBowai, Mbowai. December 1875. Show Case Number 9.'
Event Date 27/8/2013
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