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

Description (CMS Description)
Yagona bowl with coir cord. Binding of crack with sennet; Broken
Event Date 6/8/1987
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads: [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3424 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Viti Levu. Wai ni Mbuka river. Bowl, Kava, 9 death marks, probably denoting change of ownership, thus suggesting a possible age of between two and three hundred years at the date of collection about the year 1875.

Note binding of crack with sennet. The Baron A von Hugels notes:- "Taken by Captain L.F. Knollys during war and given to me by himself. Very old with notches of eight (? nine) owners on rim".'

[stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON H�GEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 12'.

[added in blue biro:] '(Tribal Encounter) CENT EXBH. 26/6/83.' [stamped in red ink on the front of the card:] 'CUMAA -6 AUG 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. Two round red stickers pasted on the card. On the back of the card [handwritten in black ink:] 'Yaqona bowl with coir cord. Viti Levu
(Centenary Exhibition).'
Event Date 6/8/1987
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Yaqona bowl (tanoa) carved from a single piece of dark vesi wood. The bowl is circular and deep, with a distinctive orange-brown patina inside. The edges of the bowl have been wiped of the yaqona residue. The patina has flaked off in places. The lip is almost flat and shows 8 (possibly 9) circular marks obtained by burning the surface and often refers to as 'death marks' (these marks are likely to commemorate an event). One one side the bowl has a large crack which has been repaired with a tight binding of 3-ply plaited coir and resin. At the back, the bowl is provided with four cylindrical legs which seems to curve inward slightly. The legs are chipped in places (old) and one of them present a horizontal cut (intentional?). The surface at the back of the dish is very faceted which might indicate the use of stone tools. A large rectangular lug is placed under the bowl and perforated. To the lug is attached a thick tail of twisted 3-ply plaited coir cord reminiscent of the ones found on davui shell trumpets and terminating in a loop.
Event Date 10/10/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
This object was brought out of the stores for the visit of the President of Fiji, His Excellency Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, and the Fijian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Mr Solo Mara on 28 July 2012.
Event Date 31/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 3424' inscribed in white ink under the lip and near the lug. 'O.X.511.H.'
Event Date 31/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: on display in the centenary exhibition, 1984 and recorded the Proper Study of Mankind: Great Anthropological Collections in Cambridge', 1984, p. 44, no. 98.
Exhibited: On display in in Maudslay Hall, Fiji Case, between 7/6/1989 and ?25/3/2009.
Exhibited: On display in the Foundations case (73), next to the lift, celebrating the Museum's 125th anniversary and foundation, Maudslay Hall from 25/3/2009 and 17/5/2012. Removed for Chiefs and Governors and replaced by Z 3492, which remains on display.
Event Date 21/4/2014
Author: Rachel Hand

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