Club Item Number: C1008 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A brown wood club with a fiddle-like shape and a cylindrical handle that has a large knob at the end. Both sides are carved with a similarly bilaterally symmetrical and geometrically stylized designed face which has circular inlaid shell eyes. The headdress of one, however, has three horizontal sections of vertical patterning while the headdress of the other has v-shaped patterning with a vertical line down along the middle.
Narrative
The donor wrote, in 1952, that the items (C1005-C1008) were collected by, or given to, her parents, around 1883 when they were staying near Lake Rotorua in New Zealand. Her father was Richmond B. Halded (British), who married Gertrude Fielding (British) in 1882.
Item History
- Made in New Zealand between 1850 and 1883
- Collected during 1883
- Owned by Richmond B. Halhed and Gertrude Halhed
- Owned by Mrs. W. C. Cryer before September 16, 1952
- Received from Mrs. W. C. Cryer (Donor) on September 16, 1952
What
Who
- Culture
- Maori
- Previous Owner
- Richmond B. Halhed, Gertrude Halhed and Mrs. W. C. Cryer
- Received from
- Mrs. W. C. Cryer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- New Zealand
When
- Creation Date
- between 1850 and 1883
- Collection Date
- during 1883
- Ownership Date
- before September 16, 1952
- Acquisition Date
- on September 16, 1952
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 55
- Accession Number
- 2268/0004