Description (CMS Description)
Basket
Event Date 1/9/1997
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Source provided by the small label pasted on the object.
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 4060' inscribed in black ink twice inside the basket. A large rectangular cream label attached to the satchel reads [stamped in black ink:] 'FIJI Z 4060'. A small cream label with serrated edges and decorative blue border reads [handwritten in brown ink :] 'A. v. H. X 874 b'.
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 4060 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Basket, 1' 6 3/4" x 9 1/2".' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] 'C'. [stamped in black ink in the bottom right corner:] 'DRAWER C'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 4060. Basket, 1' 6 3/4" x 9 1/2". Drawer C.'
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Flat satchel made from strips of natural and black-dyed pandanus leaf (voivoi). Large weave inside the basket. Finely woven on the outer surface with nine rectangles filled with either horizontal or vertical lines. The top of the satchel is decorated with a 2.5 cm band of fine black and white chequerboard pattern. The top of the satchel decorated with short black and white fringes. A loop formed of three strands of twisted hibiscus fibre on one side of the bag at the top. Six strands of twisted hibiscus fibre form a long attachment cord on the other side of the satchel.
Event Date 1/7/2013
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