Accession No
1979.130 B
Description
Gum Sample. Piece of kauri gum; yellow in colour.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Aotearoa New Zealand; North Island; North Auckland
Period
?1920s
Source
Carrington, J. (Major); Carrington, C. G. (Mrs)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1979.130 B
Cultural Affliation
Maori
Material
Plant; Resin
Local Term
Measurements
85mm x 50mm x 110mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in blue ball point:] '1979 130 A-C. NEW ZEALAND. 3 pieces of Kauri gum; obtained by donor's brother-in-law, Major J. Carrington, in N. Auckland, perhaps in 1920s. (He came to live in England in 1950s). d. Mrs C.G. Carrington, 5 Riverside Court, Cambridge. 3 June 1979. [Red circular sticker bottom right front of card; black and white image of two objects labelled 1979.130 A-B attached to back of card.]
Event Date 16/7/2014
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (CMS Context)
Record checked and revised by Amiria Salmond, (2001.06.14).
Event Date 16/7/2014
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: on display in the New Zealand Maori case (28), Maudslay Hall, from 1990 onwards.
Event Date 16/7/2014
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
One of three pieces of kauri gum; yellow in colour.
Event Date 16/7/2014
Author: maa
FM:267604
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