Accession No

Z 3351


Description

Kava Bowl; Dish; Yaqona dish - Wood Kava Bowl


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji


Period


Source

Gordon, Arthur Charles Hamilton [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 3351; O.X.494.G


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood; Plant; Fibre


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads: [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3351 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Bowl, Kava, priests, A.H.Gordon, circa 1975 [sic].' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '12/83'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 12'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA 15 MAY 1988 TRANSCRIBED'. A round red sticker pasted on the card. [in black pen:] 'see over'.
Event Date 26/5/1988
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Wood Kava Bowl
Event Date 26/5/1988
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Dark coloured ?yaqona dish carved from a single piece of vesi wood. Pedestal base has two stepped legs and measures 15.5 cm wide. Four plaited lengths of coir (magimagi) are tied to one leg with two of the lengths twisted around the others towards the end. Top surface of dish has a noticeable lip with a slight muddy brown patina in the middle. A 4 cm crack runs from lip towards middle of dish; u-shaped chip missing from lip.
Event Date 9/1/2012
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'O.X.494.G.' and 'Z. 3351' inscribed in white ink on the pedestal base. 'Z. 3351' inscribed in white ink underneath the dish.
Event Date 4/2/2014
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:109882

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