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

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)
Covered with sennet
Event Date 30/7/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
The card has the following entry: " Ring F38" A stand on which to place a pot while it is being made; Collected by: Hugel.Baron.Anatole.von in ? 1875; Research: Examination of records during computer transcription By Roth.Mrs.Jane On 1988 - This is a stand on which to place a pot while it is being made
Event Date 30/7/1987
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Large ring of vegetable fibre used as a stand for yaqona cups. Thick and filled with vegetable fibre (coir and possibly some pandanus are visible through the holes in the weaving). The outter surface made of a woven 3-ply plaited coir. A thin length of 3-ply plaited coir is inserted into the width of the object to act as a ?suspension cord. A small metal label attached to the object reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 3486' on both sides.
Event Date 25/9/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3486 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Matai Lombau, Viti Levu. Tholo East province. Ring, of vegetable fibre, covered with sennet, diameter 7 1/2 inches, on which to stand a vessel of circular shape, "stand of sinnet for bilo = cup".' [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [added in pencil:] 'Ring F 38'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '13/225'. [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 30 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 13'. 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 blue ink:] 'Z 3486. Matai Lombau. Tholo East province. VITI LEVU. Ring, of vegetable fibre, covered with sennet, diameter 7 1/2 inches, on which to stand a vessel of circular shape, "stand of sinnet for bilo = cup". Show Case number 13.'
Event Date 25/9/2012
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.2015.2075 | Assessment Only
Event Date 3/12/2015
Author: rah99

Description (CMS Description)
Cup stand.
Large ring of vegetable fibre used as a stand for yaqona cups. There is a second/additional cord possibly for suspension.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa