Club Item Number: C747 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cylindrical, brown wood handle with the head formed by the stubs of the surface roots and the tap root. Head has seven protrusions all around and a blunt point at the end. The handle has a design at the end that consists of vertical rows of ziz zags with plain lines in between and a horizontal row of zig zags above. Decorated with two braided fibre bands at either end of the handle.
Item History
- Made in Fiji before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
Who
- Culture
- Fijian
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Fiji
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2191/1065