Exhibition (Maudslay Gallery)
EXH.2018.4 | Pacific Currents
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'The Proper Study of Mankind: Great Anthropological Collections in Cambridge' (known at MAA as the 'Centenary Exhibition') at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 12 March - 06 May 1984.
Event Date 12/3/1984
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
In shape of turtle
Event Date 29/7/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
The card bears the old von Hugel accession number: " OX 839 H"; Collected by: Hugel.Baron.Anatole.von in ?1875.
Event Date 29/7/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Object photographed by Mark Adams, 26/02/2010.
Event Date 1/3/2010
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3541 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Earthenware vessel for holding drinking water,' [added in blue pen:] 'in shape of turtle'. [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [added in black ink:] 'Centenary Exhibition)'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '14/376'. [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. 3541. Earthenware vessel for holding drinking water. Show Case Number 14.' [added in blue pen:] '(C. 1875) & D A. VON HUGEL'. [added in pencil:] OX 839 H'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '14/376'.
Event Date 11/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Small container, water pot, of glazed ceramic in the shape of a turtle. One end with two back legs and a cylindrical spout projecting upwards in place of a tail. The other end with two front legs and a head (a hole pierced through the head to create the eyes, two incisions for the nose and two notches for the mouth). A large circular aperture near the base of the head. The top of the pot is incised with rectangles (some filled with incised dots), creating a pattern reminiscent of that of a turtle shell. The lower part of the pot is not decorated. Several cracks around the legs, spout and head. One of the back legs has been broken off and glued back to the pot.
Event Date 11/1/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'O.X.839.H.' and 'Z. 3541' inscribed in white ink on the side of the turtle. 'Z. 3541' inscribed in white ink on the back of the object, below the spout.
Event Date 11/1/2013
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