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)
Note about the series of baskets accessioned under 1918.213.31: 18 baskets + 1 harness were found with the number 1918.213.31. Only 10 (A, B, C, D, G, H, J, L, M, and N) had a specific letter attached to them. K is not a basket but a harness: it is unknown which basket this harness originally belonged to. In order to distinguish between the remaining 8 baskets, letters remaining from the A-Q sequence was attributed to the un-lettered baskets. These are NOT the original letters. Two additional letter (R and S) were created to accommodate the two remaining baskets that did not fit in the lettered sequence.
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in blue pen:] '1918 213 (31) MELANESIA FIJI. A number of baskets: oblong + oval with cusped base. There are 17 baskets. 10 have been given Z nos. (see over). G. A. M. Hamilton-Gordon. 2nd Baron Stanmore (See 1st card).' [stamped in red ink:] 'CUMAA 16 JUL 1987 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted on the front of the card. The back of the card reads [handwritten in blue pen:] 'Z 3577; Z 3578; Z 3580; Z 3581; Z 3582; Z 3601; Z 3602; Z 3603; Z 4064; Z 4066'.
Catalogue card 2 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 4062 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Basket, 1' 5 3/4" x 9 3/4".' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] 'C'. [stamped in black ink in the bottom right corner:] 'DRAWER C'. [added in pencil:] '1918 213-31'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 3 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 4062. Basket, 1' 5 3/4" x 9 3/4". Drawer C.'
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Flat satchel made from strips of natural, black-dyed pandanus leaf (voivoi). Large weave inside the basket. Finely woven on the outer surface with geometrical motifs from bottom to top: (a) One band of motif with large triangles formed by wide strips of black pandanus and containing diagonal lines alternating with triangles; (b) a band of diagonal lines; (c) same as (a); (d) same as (b) but the diagonal lines go in the opposite direction. The top of the satchel is decorated with short black fringes. A loop formed of three strands of 3-ply plaited coir is attached to one side. To the other side are attached six strands of 3-ply plaited coir used with the loop to fastened the satchel.
Event Date 1/7/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 4062' inscribed in black ink twice inside the basket. A large rectangular cream label attached to the satchel reads [stamped in black ink:] 'FIJI Z 4062'. A small rectangular metal label attached to loop reads [in black ink on one side:] 'Z. 4062' and [in white ink on the other side:] '1918.213.31'. A small rectangular cream label attached to the loop reads [in black ink on one side:] 'Z. 4062' and [in pencil on the other:] 'G addition'.
Event Date 1/7/2013
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