Description (CMS Description)
Basket
Event Date 17/7/1987
Author: maa

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)
18 baskets + 1 harness were found with the number 1918.213.31. Only 10 (A, B, C, D, G, H, J, L, M, and N) had a specific letter attached to them. K is not a basket but a harness: it is unknown which basket this harness originally belong to. In order to distinguish between the remaining 8 baskets, letters remaining from the A-Q sequence was attributed to the un-lettered baskets. These are NOT the original letters. Two additional letter (R and S) were created to accommodate the two remaining baskets that did not fit in the lettered sequence.
Event Date 31/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in blue pen:] '1918 213 (31) MELANESIA FIJI. A number of baskets: oblong + oval with cusped base. There are 17 baskets. 10 have been given Z nos. (see over). G. A. M. Hamilton-Gordon. 2nd Baron Stanmore (See 1st card).' [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 16 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted on the front of the card. The back of the card reads [handwritten in blue pen:] 'Z 3577; Z 3578; Z 3580; Z 3581; Z 3582; Z 3601; Z 3602; Z 3603; Z 4064; Z 4066'.
Catalogue card 2 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3578 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Basket. A. H. Gordon circa 1875.' [added in blue pen:] '18 3/4" x 10 3/4".' [added in pencil:] 'Basket 1918-213 (31) G'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '15/2'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 15'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA 17 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted on the card'.
Catalogue card 3 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 3578 Basket. A. H. Gordon circa 1875. Show Case number 15'. [added in pencil:] 'Basket 1918-213-(31) G'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '15/2'.
Event Date 31/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Flat satchel made from strips of natural, red and black-dyed pandanus leaf (voivoi). Large weave inside the basket. Finely woven on the outer surface with geometrical motifs from bottom to top: Band of horizontal chevrons in black and white; band of black and red chequerboard pattern, diagonal bands of chequerboard pattern in black and white; band of black and red chequerboard pattern; band of small diagonal lines in black and white; band of black and red chequerboard pattern; diagonal bands of chequerboard pattern in black and white; band of black and red chequerboard pattern; band of horizontal chevrons in black and white. The top of the satchel is decorated with short black fringes. A loop of twisted hibiscus fibre attached to one side of the basket at the top. Four lengths of twisted hibiscus fibre attached to the other side, at the top.
Event Date 31/1/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z.3578' inscribed in black ink twice inside the basket. A small rectangular metal label attached to the satchel reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z.3578'.'Z.3578' inscribed in black ink twice inside the basket. A small rectangular metal label attached to the satchel reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z.3578'.
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