Context (CMS Context)
Research: Examination of records during computer transcription By Roth.Mrs.Jane On 1988 - I think this is a priest' s dish for drinking yaggona
Event Date 6/8/1987
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
In shape of duck on one stand.
Event Date 6/8/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads: [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3458 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Bowl, Kava,' [added in pencil:] 'or bowl. in shape of duck. on one stand.' [typed:] 'Gordon Cumming collection 1898.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '13/56'. [stamped in blue ink:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 13'. [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 6 AUG 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. [added in pencil:] 'D 1898-10' and '? correct deposit ref'. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads: [handwritten in blue ink:] 'Z 3458 Dish Kava. Gordon Cumming collection 1898. Show Case number 13'.
Event Date 3/2/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Duck-shaped dish carved from a solid piece of dark vesi wood. Two large triangular projections form the wings and a small one forms the tail. A naturalistic head projects from one end of the dish. Long neck, rounded head and clearly define beak. Two circular incisions placed on either side of the head (previously inlaid?) represent the eyes. The dish sits on a small hollow square pedestal base (chipped), about 3 cm high. Some ?insect damaged on the underside of the neck and one wing and the tail. Yellow/white discolouration on the lip of the wings and tail and in the corners of the dish. Oily residue on the surface of the dish [Lucie Carreau, 03/02/2012].
Event Date 3/2/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 3458' written in white ink on the inside and outside of the pedestal.
Event Date 2/12/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Deposit Register reads: 'D 1898.10. An oil dish, carved in the shape of a duck. Fiji Islands (Viti Levu), 1876. Gordon Cumming collection & given to me by the collector. Anatole von Hugel.'
Event Date 3/12/2013
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