Loan (Exhibition)
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich, October 15 2016- February 12 2017, Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Club, 'gunstock'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [printed:] 'Z 39432. MELANESIA. FIJI. "Gunstock" Club. Length 95 cms. "Zigzag patterns on upper half of head. Lower portion has rugged surface with rows of holes, probably formerly bearing shell inlays. One such inlay survives in upper part of head. Original von Hugel number: O.X.201.H. Other labels bear numbers "169", and, in pencil, "31". Label on handle reads: '22c. Via Via Gata. Massacre of Koro Waiwai 1820. Found on battle-field.' Von Hugel coll.' [added in black pen:] 'Also on butt in white ink V.e'. [added in black ink:] '(Centenary Exhibition).
Event Date 1/9/1998
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Spurred club of dark wood, gata. The head is triangular in section, curved and carved with a small lip (tebetebe) at the top. 6 circular recesses have been carved at the top of the head. One still contains a white shell bead. The underside of the head is carved very roughly to resemble tree bark and carved with 32 circular recesses into which beads might have been inlaid. The cutting edge of the head is pierced with a small circular hole. The spur is short with a smooth flat surface at the top. The back of the head and top of the spur are carved with rough lines. The back of the spur is carved with tavatava patterns in low relief and the sides are provided with recesses (6 in total). One is still inlaid with a shell bead. The shaft is circular in section. The handle is carved with tavatava patterns in relief. The butt is chipped, flared and convex with a broken oblique hole.
Event Date 28/8/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z 39432' inscribed in white ink on the shaft. A large and old rectangular cream label is pasted on the shaft and reads [written in brown ink in A. von Hugel's hand:] '22 c. Viavia gata. Massacre of Koro Waiwai 1870. ...found on battle field).' A small rectangular cream label pasted on the shaft reads [printed in black ink:] '169'. A rectangular cream label glued on the shaft reads [in pencil:] 31'. 'O.X.201.H.' inscribed in white ink on the shaft.
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 (Assessment Only)
CON.2015.1994 | Assessment Only
Event Date 18/9/2015
Author: rah99

Description (CMS Description)
Club.
The head is triangular. The handle is carved with tavatava patterns.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa

Conservation ()
CON.2014.140 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa

Loan (Exhibition)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 15/12/2019 to 19/07/2020, Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific
Event Date 15/12/2019
Author: Katrina Dring