Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'The Proper Study of Mankind: Great Anthropological Collections in Cambridge' (known at MAA as the 'Centenary Exhibition') at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 12 March - 06 May 1984.
Event Date 12/3/1984
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 147. a-b Lungga Solomon Ids. Carved bamboo lime box Rivers Colln; [later addition handwritten in blue ball point:] 'Guadalcanal'. [Red circular sticker top right of catalogue card.]

Catalogue card 2 reads [typed in black ink:] 'Z 147 Lungga Solomon Islands Carved bamboo lime box c&d Rivers.W.H.R.'

Although catalogued as Z 147 a-b on card 1, this is probably one object - the container and lid may have been designated 'a' and 'b'? The catalogue card records the location as 'Lungga' with 'Guadalcanal' added later. Lungga is the local name for Ranongga Island and is not in Guadalcanal. [Heather Donoghue 17.09.2012].
Event Date 19/1/2013
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Carved bamboo lime box'.
Event Date 19/1/2013
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Long and thin lime box of bamboo, with lid (cannot be opened). The lid has three cross-shaped cut outs. The surface of the object is decorated with incised geometric patterns and swastika, as well as figurative motifs of frigate birds, fish, crocodile, shark, faces and two European ships.
Event Date 28/1/2016
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
An old display label found in the archives (OA2/15/9) reads: ‘INCISED LIME BOX AND / COVER / RIVERS COLL. / Z.147'.
Event Date 27/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau