Accession No

Z 3569


Description

Vessel; Water pot - Earthenware Vessel


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji


Period


Source

von Hügel, Anatole Andreas Aloys (Baron) [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 3569


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic (fired); Pottery


Local Term

Saqa [Fiji Project]


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Hugel.Baron.Anatole.von in ?1875.
Event Date 24/7/1987
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Earthenware Vessel
Event Date 24/7/1987
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 3569' inscribed in white ink twice in between the two fruits.
Event Date 13/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3569 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Earthenware vessel for holding drinking water,' [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '14/467'. [stamped in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 14'. [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 24 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card. A black and white photographed of the object stapled to the back of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 3569. Earthenware vessel for holding drinking water. Show Case Number 14.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '14/467'.
Event Date 13/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (CMS Description)
Water pot of glazed ceramic in the shape of two interconnected ?leba-fruit, one larger than the other. The fruits are joined together with a circular handle at one end. At the other end, each fruit is provided with a cylindrical and flaring spout. The large fruit also has to cylindrical spout at the top, each one leaning towards one end.
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:109918

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