Accession No
Z 3323
Description
Cup; Yaqona cup; Kava cup - Drinking cup of coconut.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji
Period
Source
Timoce (Ratu) [owner]; von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 3323; O.X.546.H; 404 [from catalogue card]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Nut; Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Bilo
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3323 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Drinking cup of cocoa nut, Presented to the Baron A von Hugel by Ratu "Timoce" Timothi, November 1877.' [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '12/113' and '404'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 12'. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 3323 Drinking cup of cocoanut. Presented to the Baron A von Hugel by Ratu "Timoce" Timothi, November 1877. Show Case number 12.'
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Drinking cup of coconut.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by Anatole von Hügel in November 1877.
Event Date 25/9/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Small drinking cup for yaqona made from half a coconut shell. The surface is very polished and smooth both inside and outside. The coconut shell is of a light brown-red colour. The lip is pierced with two holes through which is tied a cord formed of two lengths of twisted ?hibiscus fibre. The cord terminates into a knot.
Event Date 25/9/2012
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
This object was brought out of the stores for the visit of the Prime Minister of Fiji, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, and the Fijian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Mr Solo Mara on 26 November 2012.
Event Date 31/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau
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
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: On the outer surface, 'Z.3323' and 'O.X.546.H.' inscribed in white ink near the lip. There is a rectangular mark left by the blue of a label near the bottom (label not present).
Event Date 31/1/2013
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
FM:109749
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