Description (CMS Description)
Headrest
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3664 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Head rest, "Kali". The Maudslay' [stamped in black ink:] 'COLLECTION CIRCA 1875'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '16/17'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 16'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 473 M'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA 16 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted to the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 3664 Head rest, "Kali." A. P. Maudslay. Circa 1875. Show case number 16.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '16/17'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 473 M.'
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Headrest carved from a solid piece of wood. The bar is circular in section (54 cm long x 4 cm diameter). At each end of the bar, a wooden leg provided with two feet is fitted to the holes pierced underneath the bar with a lashing of 3-ply plaited coir. The top of the leg has been cut to match the curve of the bar. The legs are arched and the feet are flat and oval at one end and almost circular at the other end. The bar is decorated with longitudinal bands of zigzag in low relief. Two 'dents' are visible on the side of the bar - they may have been prior attempts to pierce the attachment holes for the legs. The headrest is sturdy but the lashing is quite loose, making the legs dangle from the object. Some white residue visible inside some of the carved triangles.
Event Date 14/10/2011
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: One the side of one of the legs, 'O.X.473.M' and 'Z- 3664' inscribed in white ink. '17' inscribed in orange crayon on the same leg. 'Z- 3664' inscribed in white ink inside one of the legs. '275' is inscribed in pencil under one of the foot.
Event Date 16/1/2013
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)
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)
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