Context (CMS Context)
Purchased in Cambridge, Roe, 1906.
Event Date 1/9/1997
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Ceremonial paddle club
Event Date 1/9/1997
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Very large paddle club of heavy dark wood, kinikini (according to catalogue card) or culacula (Fiji project). Very large thin head. The surface of the head is not decorated but on the lower part, the edges are carved with triangular serrations and rectangular protrusion. The transition between the head and the handle is marked by a very thick and rounded horizontal ridge. The handle has a lozenge section. The butt is oval, convex and much wider in section. A thick cord of 3-ply plaited coir is attached around the handle. On one side, a large chunk of the head has been broken off. It has been replaced (or recreated?) with another type of wood and glued on the object. Several cracks have been repaired with three copper staples. The head is chipped and cracked all around.
Event Date 28/8/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3293 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Club, paddle, ceremonial, 4'-9 1/4" x 1'-11 3/4" "kinikini" Bought Cambridge, roe 1906'. [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '11/3'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z.3293. OCEANIA. FIJI. Ceremonial paddle club Kini Kini. Purchased Cambridge, Roe 1906 d. von Hugel. Original card missing. This card issued 26/09/97. Alison Brown'.
Event Date 28/8/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z. 3293' inscribed in white ink below the ridge and above the butt.
Event Date 28/8/2013
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

Conservation ()
CON.2014.174 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa