Accession No

Z 3530


Description

Water pot or vessel for holding drinking water


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji


Period


Source

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


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 3530; O.X.830.H


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic (fired); Pottery; ceramic


Local Term

Saqamoli [Fiji Project]


Measurements

155mm x 130mm x 170mm


Events

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)
For holding drinking water
Event Date 30/7/1987
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Hugel.Baron.Anatole.von in ?1875.
Event Date 30/7/1987
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
'O.X.830.H.' inscribed in white ink on the side of the handle. 'Z. 2530' [wrong number, should be Z. 3530] inscribed in white ink on the side of the globular pot and underneath the pot.
Event Date 11/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (CMS Description)
Small water container of glazed ceramic in the shape of a tabua, vudi (plantains) or canoe hull connected at the side to a globular pot. The two types of pots are also connected at the top by a ceramic arch perforated with a small hole. The arch decorated with three bands of incised dots. The 'tabua' has a small spout at one end. The globular pot has a circular opening with flaring rim at the top, near the base of the arch. At the top, each tabua is decorated with incised lines and triangles separated by lines of incised dots.. The transition between decorated and undecorated parts is marked by a raised line.
Event Date 11/1/2013
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3530 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:] '14/365'. [stamped in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 14'. [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 30 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. 3530. Earthenware vessel for holding drinking water. Show Case Number 14.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '14/365'.
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


Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2015.2035 | Assessment Only
Event Date 6/10/2015
Author: rah99


Description (CMS Description)
Pot.
Small water container in the shape of two pots attached together with a handle.
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


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2021.5102 | Remedial
Event Date 18/6/2021
Author: Kirstie French


FM:109958

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