Description (CMS Description)
Head rest of whale bone.
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3676 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Kandavu Island. Fiji group. Head rest, "Kali". Made of whale bone. (Modern in 1875). A. von Hugel, circa 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '16/25'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 16'. [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. 3676 KANDAVU ISLAND. Head rest, "Kali."Made of whale bone. (Regarded as modern in 1875.' Show case number 16.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '16/25'.
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Headrest of whale bone. The bar is rectangular (42 cm long x 4.8 cm wide) with a rounded top and ends slightly curving upwards. At the back of the bar, two rectangular lugs are carved at either end, pierced and lashed to semi-conical legs with 3-ply plaited coir.
Event Date 14/10/2011
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: At the back of the bar and inside one of the legs, 'Z- 3676' inscribed in black ink. 'E.33.g a.v.h' inscribed in pencil under one of the legs. '292' inscribed in pencil under the other legs.
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