Loan (Exhibition)
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich, October 15 2016- February 12 2017, Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Cut in imitation of mountain coconut. Bowl and handle of wood. Scarce
Event Date 27/5/1988
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3369 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Levuka, Ovalau Island. Kava drinking cup, priests, bowl and handle of wood, "bilo ni yangona" = kava drinking cup, bilo kau = wooden cup, cut in imitation of mountain coconut. Scarce.' [added in pencil:] '1875'. [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON H�GEL COLLECTION circa 1875. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '12/102' and '409'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA 27 MAY 1988 TRANSCRIBED'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 12'. A round red sticker pasted on the card. A black and white photograph of the object stapled to the back of the card.
Event Date 27/5/1988
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Yaqona cup carved from a solid piece of vesi wood to resemble the coconut cup with woven coir handle. The body of the cup is round as that of a coconut. The handle is triangular in shape and carved with bands of zigzags in relief on the top and back. The width of the handle is pitted. It is provided with a suspension cord of 3-ply plaited coir attached to two holes drilled in the width of the handle and two holes drilled underneath the handle. It is knotted at the base and at the end.
Event Date 3/10/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: Inside the cup, 'Z.3369' and 'O.X.543.H.' inscribed in white ink near the lip. At the back of the handle, 'Z.3369' inscribed in white ink.
Event Date 21/4/2014
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

Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2015.2002 | Assessment Only
Event Date 18/9/2015
Author: rah99

Description (CMS Description)
Kava drinking cup.
Resembles coconut cup with woven coir handle. The body of the cup is round as that of a coconut. The handle is triangular and carved with bands of zigzags in relief on the top and back.
A suspension cord of 3 ply plaited coir.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa

Loan (Exhibition)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 15/12/2019 to 19/07/2020, Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific
Event Date 15/12/2019
Author: Katrina Dring