Accession No

Z 3441


Description

Pot; Water pot - Earthenware Pot


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji


Period


Source

Gordon, Arthur Charles Hamilton [collector]; Shaw-Lefevre.Constance [donor]; Eversley (Lady)


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 3441


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic (fired); Pottery


Local Term

Saqa [Fiji Project]


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
The card has the following entry: "? a relation" referring to Lady Eversley in relation to A.H.Gordon; For water; Collected by: Gordon.Sir.Arthur.Hamilton- in ?1875.
Event Date 6/8/1987
Author: maa


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


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 3441' inscribed in white ink below the shoulder and on the shoulder.
Event Date 9/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3441 FIJI'. [typed:] Pot, water, earthenware, A. H. Gordon circa 1875, presented by Lady Eversley 1911'. [added in pencil:] '? a relation' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '13/118'. [stamped in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 13'. [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA -6 AUG 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 3441. Pot, water, earthenware. A. H. Gordon circa 1875 presented by Lady Eversley 1911. Show Case number 13'.
Event Date 9/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (CMS Description)
Very large water pot of glazed ceramic, in the shape of a tabua. Circular aperture at the top, with notched collared neck and flaring rim (a large chunk of which is missing). The shoulder is divided in sections by raised lines. The sections contain raised dots or zigzags. Both ends are decorated with seven vertical raised lines. The lower part of the pot is undecorated. The transition between the decorated and undecorated parts is marked by a line of raised dots and a band of incised zigzags.
Event Date 9/1/2013
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:110174

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