Accession No
Z 3616
Description
Cooking Pot; Finger Bowl - Clay Cooking Pot; ?Finger Bowl
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji
Period
Source
von Hügel, Anatole Andreas Aloys (Baron) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 3616; O.X.844.H
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic (fired); Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
The card bears the following original von Hugel accession number: "OX 844 H" . The card also bears a very rough pencil sketch of the object described in the card; Collected by: Hugel.Baron.Anatole.von in ?1875.
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Clay Cooking Pot; ?Finger Bowl
Event Date 16/7/1987
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 3616' inscribed in white ink underneath the bowl. 'O.X.844.H.' and 'Z. 3616' inscribed in white ink on the side of the bowl.
Event Date 13/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3616 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Cooking pot of clay.' [added in blue pen:] 'finger bowl?'. [stamped in blue ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [added in pencil:] 'OX 844 H'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '15/35'. [stamped in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 15'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA 16 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 3616. Cooking pot of clay. Show Case Number 15.' [added in pencil:] 'OX 844 H' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '15/35'.
Catalogue card 3 reads [handwritten in black pen:] 'Z 3616. FIJI. COOKING POT. VON HUGEL COLLN 1875.' [added in red pen:] 'ORIGINAL NOT FOUND 11-9-03. DUPLICATE CARD'. A black and white photograph of the object stapled to the back of the card.
Event Date 13/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Round bowl of unglazed ceramic. A 12.8 cm diameter aperture at the top. Thick walls. The upper half of the bowl is decorated with raised dots. The lower part of the bowl is not decorated. The lip lightly chipped and some small cracks around the dots.
Event Date 13/1/2013
Author: maa
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:109818
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