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

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads: [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3459 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Bowl, Kava, tanoa vonu = turtle like kava bowl. Distribution in Viti Levu general, but perhaps commonest on the Ra coast.' [added in pencil:] 'Tanoa = bowl, vonu = turtle OK.' [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '13/37'. [stamped in blue ink:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 13'. [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 6 AUG 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A round red sticker pasted on the card. [in black pen:] 'see over'. Two black and white photographs of the object (back and front) are pasted to the back of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads: [handwritten in blue ink:] 'Z 3459 Bowl, Kava, tanoa vonu = turtle like kava bowl. Distribution in VITI LEVU general, but perhaps commonest on the Ra coast. Show Case number 13'.
Event Date 6/8/1987
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Bowl
Event Date 6/8/1987
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Turtle-shaped bowl carved from a solid piece of dark vesi wood. The head of the turtle is facing down when the bowl is used. The bowl is badge-shaped, the pointed end acting as a tail (pierced with a hole). Two flat trapezoidal legs are placed on either side of the tail. An oval head projects from the opposite side of the dish. Two holes indicate the nostrils. Circular protrusions indicate the eyes. The front flippers are thin and embrace the curve of the bowl. They are pierced with a hole on each side. At the back, a slight ridge connects the centre of the bowl to the tail.
Event Date 3/2/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 3459' inscribed in white ink at the base of the neck. 'Z. 3459' and 'O.X.534.H.' inscribed in white ink on the tail.
Event Date 21/2/2013
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