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Charcoal, pencil, pastel and paint drawing mounted on cardboard. Drawn by A.C.Haddon while on the Torres Strait Expedition (1898) and published in Haddon's 'Head-Hunters' 1932, p.36. Drawing of Malu Ceremony on Las. It depicts several men kneeling, squatting or sitting in the foreground, each naked except for a waistband with a brush 'tail' and a single feather attached at the back of their heads. To the right, a group of men walk in a circle. They also wear single feathers, and hold short staffs aloft. To the far right stand three men, apparently covered in white body paint, each wearing a headdress and holding a bunch of sticks in one hand. In the background, indistinct figures sit watching the ceremony. See also Doc. 147 and Doc. 277.
04/02/2011
Created by: maa on 04/02/2011