Accession No

2013.13


Description

Club (totokia), Fiji. Head inlaid with glass beads, Maori carving on grip, but inlaid with ivory.


Place

Oceania; Polynesia; Fiji


Period


Source

Woolston, Stanley; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

2013.13


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood; Ivory; Glass; Bead


Local Term

Totokia [Fiji Project]


Measurements

210mm x 150mm x 840mm


Events

Exhibition (Maudslay Gallery)
EXH.2018.4 | Pacific Currents
Event Date
Author: Remke Velden


Description (CMS Description)
Club (totokia), Fiji. Head inlaid with glass beads, Maori carving on grip, but inlaid with ivory.
Event Date 7/5/2013
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: No number inscribed on object. A very large cream label attached to the shaft reads [printed in black ink:] 'FROM STANLEY WOOLSTON. TEL. 1108. Antique Furniture, China and Glass. 67 ST. ANDREW'S STREET. CAMBRIDGE' and [added in brown ink:] 'To L. C. G. Clarke Esq. Museum of Archaeology + Ethnology. Downing St.
Event Date 4/7/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (CMS Description)
Club of dark wood, totokia ('pineapple' club). The head is circular in section and carved with 9 rows of projecting spikes (some chipped). From the centre of the head projects a conical beak (about 7 cm long, chipped). The conical part is inlaid with many very small white glass beads (some missing). The shaft is curved at the top and circular in section. The handle (lower part of the shaft) is carved with Maori-type patterns in low relief. Circular pommel, slightly convex and inlaid with a circular piece of ivory.
Event Date 4/7/2013
Author: maa


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.2015.1995 | Assessment Only
Event Date 18/9/2015
Author: rah99


Loan (Exhibition)
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich, 15/10/2016 to 12/02/2017, Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific
Event Date 15/10/2016
Author: Remke Velden


Description (CMS Description)
Club of dark wood 'totokia'.
The head is circular and carved with nine rows of projecting spikes. Conical beak is inlaid with many small white glass beads.
The handle is carved with Maori type patterns. Circular pommel in laid with a circular piece of ivory.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa


FM:266976

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