Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card notes below the donor: “See card 47.97.’
Event Date 25/1/2008
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Male figure. The man has a Fijian wig - probably added by an [?] unthinking person[unclear words]. Proper shell armbands and ear pendant are part of the wood carving.
Event Date 25/1/2008
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
The wig the figure is wearing is a Fijian ulumate of the type, uluvati, worn by the kalou vu, the village god figure. Internal structure of magimagi.

From notes by Daren Kamali and Ole Maiava, the (Un)Registered Savages of Aoteraoa on their visit to MAA as part of the Ulumate Project and Drau Ni Ulu Tabu: The Sacredness of Hair publication, 15/10/2019
Event Date 15/10/2019
Author: rachel hand