Description (Labels & Markings)
An oblong cream label previously pinned on the basket reads [printed:] 'Z-3555'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
An old cream label attached to the central knot reads one one side [handwritten in brown ink:] '68 Kato Vutu. Ocuvu, Gau. May '76. Local form.' and 'coconut leaf' on the other side.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
'Z.3555' inscribed in black ink twice on the body of the basket.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
A small rectangular metallic label attached to the rim with copper wire (wire removed, label kept with the object) [in black ink:] 'Z. 3555'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Circular. Local form
Event Date 24/7/1987
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Anatole von Hügel in May 1876.
Event Date 24/7/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3555 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Ngau Island. Fijian group. Basket, circular. On label: - Kato vutu Ocuvu, Gau May 1876 local form coconut leaf. Kato = basket, vutu = big. Ocuvu difficult to make out correct spelling, it may be the name of a village in Ngau Island.' [added in pencil:] 'K. Roth can give no explanation, he says "basket of hair" from Ngau island, CUVU might be spelt THUVU which, however, is a district in Nandronga province in V. L. and that is some distance from Ngau island.' [stamped in blue ink:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 14'. [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 24 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted on the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 3555 NGAU Island. Basket, circular. On label: - Kato vutu Ocuvu, Gau, May 1876. Local form, coconut leaf. Kato = basket, vutu = big. Show Case number 14'.
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Round basket with high slightly out-curving sides, plaited from thin strips of natural coconut leaf. One lengths of 3-ply plaited coconut leaf are attached to the inside of the rim. The end of the plait is marked by the presence of a large knot inside the basket in the centre which also protrudes underneath the base. Flat base.
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: maa

Context (Display)
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 ()
CON.2013.50 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa