IDNO

D.153969.VH

Description

"Nasaucoko (soldiers camp & fortified village) interior of Viti Levu." [von Hügel's caption]

Pen and ink drawing by Arthur J.L. Gordon’s sketch of “Nasaucoko and Na Koro Vou [Nakorovou]”, February 1876, which Baron von Hugel has captioned “Fortified town & Camp of armed constabulary (during the war)”, the war being Sir Arthur Gordon’s “Little War” against so-called rebel Vitilevu highlanders in 1876. Ditched and palisaded Nasaucoko, occupied by people of the recently converted Namataku tribe, is in the foreground, with the ditched, banked and palisaded Nakorovou (literally “the new town”) or Armed Native Constabulary camp behind it. The defences of the camp mimic those of a Fijian korowaiwai or ring-ditch fort. Most of the houses are of the ‘beehive’ or conical-roofed, centre-poled type characteristic of western Vitilevu. Nasaucoko lies alongside the Waitabucake tributary of the Tubuniwai or Sigatoka River. [Fergus Clunie, 14/7/2003, description from P.99786.VH, JD 23/11/2022]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; Fiji; West Viti Levu; Tubuniwai River; Waitabucake Tributary; Nasaucoko; Nakorovou [Sigatoka River]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Gordon, Arthur Lewis [Artist]

Collector / Expedition

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Date

post February 1876

Collection Name

von Hügel Collection

Source

Format

Drawing

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.153893.VH - D.153980.VH were transferred from the Paper Archive VH1/4/9 (envelope 5), in 2021, and located in a paper folder now numbered C1045/.

D.153946.VH - D.153980.VH were wrapped in brown paper, now numbered C1045/2.

D.153946.VH - D.153979.VH were found together in a brown Boots envelope, now numbered C1045/2/1.