Accession No

Z 3677


Description

Headrest - Headrest


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji


Period


Source

Maudslay, Alfred Percival [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 3677; O.X.474.M; 23


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term

Kali [from catalogue card]


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3677 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Head rest, "kali". A. P. Maudslay' [stamped in black ink:] 'COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '16/28'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 474 M'. [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. 3677. Head rest, "KALI". A. P. Maudslay. Circa 1875. Show Case number 16.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '16/28'. [added in pencil:] 'OX 474 M'.
Event Date
Author: maa


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


Description (CMS Description)
headrest carved from the solid, with elongated base, D-Shaped in section, with central W-shaped strut, with additional vertical terminals. Condition: poor- broken in two across the centre and piece missing from one end strut
Event Date 24/11/2009
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Headrest of medium-brown colour carved from a single piece of wood. The bar is very thin and connects to an oval foot by means of 2 vertical and 2 V-shaped wooden bars. The long edges of the foot are notched. The foot is slightly raised in the centre. All the bars connecting the bar to the foot were broken in the past. The object was reassembled with glue, apart from one of the vertical bars which now has a large section of wood missing.
Event Date 14/10/2011
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: On one of the V-shaped bar, 'Z-3677' inscribed in white ink. 'O.X.474.M.' and 'Z-3677' inscribed in white ink on the foot of the object. '23' inscribed in orange crayon on the top of the 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


FM:109806

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