Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3411 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Drinking cup for Kava, of cocoa nut, A. H. Gordon, circa 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '12/117' and '1918-213(58)'. [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 13 AUG 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 12'. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in blue pen:] '1918 213 (54-60) FIJI. 7 unusually large, grand + enamelled coconut drinking-cups. G.A.M. Hamilton-Gordon. 2nd Baron Stanmore (See 1st card).
Event Date 13/8/1987
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Coconut Drinking Cup
Event Date 13/8/1987
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Large drinking cup for yaqona made from half a coconut shell. The surface is very polished and smooth inside with a light grey patina covering most of the surface. The outer surface has not been polished. There seems to be a fragment of label pasted inside the cup. On the outer surface, 'Z.3411' inscribed in white ink at the bottom and near the lip. '1918.213.58' inscribed in white ink near the lip.
Event Date 12/10/2012
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