Loan (Exhibition)
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich, October 15 2016- February 12 2017, Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific
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Author: maa

Loan (Exhibition)
Polynésie, June 2008-Sept 2008
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Author: maa

Loan (Exhibition)
Exhibition \'Pacific Divinities: Gods, Chiefs and Priests in Polynesia 1760-1850\', March 2006-May 2006.
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Author: maa

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

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3665 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Mbau Viti Levu. Head rest, "Kali". Given to Baron von Hugel by Andi Kuila, daughter of Thakombau Vuni Valu of (mBau) Mbau. A. von Hugel, circa 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '16/18'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 16'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 455 H'. [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. 3665 MBAU. Viti Levu. Head rest, "Kali." Given to Baron von Hugel by Andi Kuila, daughter of Thakombau, the Vuni Valu. Show case number 16.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '16/18'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 455 H.'
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Headrest formed of cylindrical wooden bar (52.7 cm long x 3.4 cm diameter) resting on two legs of vesi wood. The bar is medium-brown in colour and the wood shows a distinctive wavy grain. The bottom of the bar is pierced with holes to which are secured the legs. The legs are cut at the top to match the exact shape of the bar. The legs and bar are lashed with 3-ply plaited coir (one lashing is slightly lighter in colour than the other one. Each leg is provided with a pair of flat and circular feet. On both legs, on each side, the top of the leg is inlaid with small pieces of whale ivory. One leg has three ivory circles decreasing in size from top to bottom on one side and three larger circles also decreasing in size from top to bottom on the other side. The other leg is inlaid with a lozenge of ivory (maintained in place with a very small peg of ?metal or ?wood) on one side and four circles of ivory decreasing in size from top to bottom on the other side. One of the legs is broken and has been re-attached with a wooden peg. This repair has now become loose. A few white specks of pain on the top of the legs and feet. 'Z- 3665' and 'O.X.455.H.' inscribed in white ink on the side of one of the legs.
Event Date 14/10/2011
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z- 3665' inscribed in white ink under the bar. '273' inscribed in pencil under one foot. Fragments of a cream label with decorative blue border pasted under another foot.
Event Date 16/1/2013
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

Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2015.2040 | Assessment Only
Event Date 7/10/2015
Author: rah99

Description (CMS Description)
Headrest.
Legs are inlaid with whale ivory.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa

Conservation ()
CON.2013.46 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa

Loan (Exhibition)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 15/12/2019 to 19/07/2020, Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific
Event Date 15/12/2019
Author: Katrina Dring