Container Item Number: C487 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Two ceramic hollowed horn shapes with diagonal ridges around the sides and bosses around the tops of the containers. Red and brown clay with yellowish glaze. On a base.
History Of Use
Flower holder
Narrative
Burnett listed this item as coming from Father Palmer's collection. Burnett described Palmer as "one of the earliest R.C. [Roman Catholic] Missionaries to Fiji".
Item History
- Made in Viti Levu, Fiji before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by W. Palmer
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
Who
- Culture
- Fijian
- Previous Owner
- W. Palmer and Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Viti Levu, Fiji
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 54
- Accession Number
- 2191/0854