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

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3423 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Bowl, Kava, priests, A. H. Gordon, circa 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '12/96'. [added in blue pen:] '18 1/2" diam. 7 1/2 h.' [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 12'. [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA -6 AUG 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Event Date 6/8/1987
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Very large priest's dish for yaqona carved from a solid piece of vesi wood. The platter is circular and very shallow. It is provided with a flat lip, about 2.8 cm thick, carved with three rows of zigzags. The inside of the dish has a light orange patina in places. The dish rest on a carved pedestal (12 cm high) formed of two rectangular legs supported by a ring-shaped base. Two cords of 3-ply plaited coir are tied around one of the rectangular legs. One is thinner and darker than the other. A few holes left by insect damage are visible on the pedestal base and inside the dish. A few specks of white paint underneath the dish. The lip is chipped in several places. A hairline cracks runs from the lip towards the centre of the dish (about 8.5 cm long).
Event Date 3/2/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: Inside the dish, 'O.X.505.G' inscribed in white ink near the lip. '96' inscribed in orange crayon inside the dish. At the back, 'Z.3423' inscribed in white ink inside the pedestal base and near the lip.
Event Date 31/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
This object was brought out of the stores for the visit of the Prime Minister of Fiji, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, and the Fijian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, His Excellency Mr Solo Mara on 26 November 2012.
Event Date 31/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

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)
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