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1884.6.11

Broad-oval wooden dish with handle behind with plain point and three legs with open work chip-carved handle. [MJD 11/07/2011]

1884.6.11

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Collection type
Object
Description
Broad-oval wooden dish with handle behind with plain point and three legs with open work chip-carved handle. [MJD 11/07/2011]
Long description
Broad-oval wooden dish with handle behind with plain point and three legs with open work chip-carved handle. Back has signs of age and oil, but dish is clean - almost scrubbed. The zig-zag carving on top of handle is very crisp. There is notched carving around underside of dish part.’ [MJD 11/07/2011]
Geographical reference
Fiji
Oceania > Melanesia > Fiji
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1877
Date collected
?Prior to 1877
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Chip Carved
Dimensions
Height: max 65 mm, Length: max 425 mm, Width: max 222 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.6.11 PR Cat other PR nos: 3090
Research and responses

Examined on the 12th/13th June by Fergus Clunie and Andy Mills as part of the work of the AHRC-funded project 'Fijian Art: Political Power, Sacred Value, Social Transformation and Collecting Since the 18th Century' (2011-2014). His notes read: dave - yaqona for oil. Priestly/godly use. Vesi wood.

This object was examined on 12 July 2011 by Professor Steven Hooper (Director, Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the Americas, University of East Anglia) as part of the work of the AHRC-funded project 'Fijian Art: Political Power, Sacred Value, Social Transformation and Collecting Since the 18th Century' (2011-2014). His notes (supplied on 27 July 2011 by Katrina Talei Igglesden (Administrative Assistant on the project)) read: ‘Accession Number: 1884.6.11; Dimension: L=430, W=225, H=c.55; Date Made: mid 19th century; General Notes: 3 almost cylindrical feet, but one under handle is missing. Back has signs of age and oil, but dish is clean - almost scrubbed. The zig-zag carving on top of handle is very crisp. There is notched carving around underside of dish part.’ (See correspondence in RDF: Researchers: 'Fijian Art' Project (2011-2014).) [JC 27 7 2011]

Search terms: Food and Drink, Vessel, Bowl, Food Accessory

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