Accession No
Z 3510
Description
Pot; Water pot - Earthenware Pot
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji
Period
Source
?Gordon, Arthur Charles Hamilton [collector]; ?Gardiner, John Stanley (Prof.) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 3510
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic (fired); Pottery
Local Term
Saqaniwai [Fiji Project]
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
The card has the following entry: "Labelled 'Gardiner Coll' ?Professor Stanley Gardiner; Collected by: ?Gordon.Sir.Arthur.Hamilton-; ?Gardiner.Professor.Stanley in ?1875.
Event Date 30/7/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Earthenware Pot
Event Date 30/7/1987
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 3510' inscribed in white ink on the bottle top, near the collar and on the side of the pot.
Event Date 10/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3510 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Pot, water, A. H. Gordon, circa 1875.' [added in pencil:] 'Labelled 'Gardiner' Coll. ?Professor Stanley Gardiner'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '14/326'. [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-3510. Pot, water. A. H. Gordon. Circa 1875. Show Case Number 14'. [added in pencil:] 'Labelled 'Gardiner Coll.' ? Professor Stanley Gardiner'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '14/326'.
Event Date 10/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Water pot of glazed ceramic. Globular in shape. Aperture at the top with a hooked rim and a separate bottle top. The shoulder is decorated with five concentric and lightly raised circles (centred on the rim). The shoulder is divided in three panels by three notched raised lines, each panel containing bands of vertical and diagonal notches. The lower part of the pot is undecorated. The transition between the decorated and the undecorated parts is marked by a notched raised line.
Event Date 10/1/2013
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:109975
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