Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Hugel.Baron.Anatole.von in ?1875.
Event Date 29/7/1987
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Double container in the shape of turtle
Event Date 29/7/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 3543' inscribed in white ink underneath the pot. 'O.X.837.H.' inscribed in white ink on the side of the arch.
Event Date 11/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3543 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Earthenware vessel for holding drinking water,' [added in blue pen:] 'double container in shape of turtle'. [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '14/369'. [stamped in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 14'. [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 29 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card. A black and white photograph of the object stapled to the back of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 3543. Earthenware vessel for holding drinking water. Show Case Number 14.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '14/369'.
Event Date 11/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Small water container of glazed ceramic in the shape of two interconnected turtles. The centre of the turtles are connected by an arch provided with a hole at the top. The arch and the top of the turtles is decorated with incised lines and dits. Each turtle provided with back legs (one broken on each turtle) and a tail at the back and two front legs (one broken and reconstructed with ?plaster) and a head (two protruding eyes and a notch for the mouth) at the front. One turtle has a cylindrical spout protruding from its side. The other has a small circular hole at the base of the arch. The back of the pot is also decorated with incised lines and dots.
Event Date 11/1/2013
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