Context (Production / use)
Used in hostile magic.
Kuman is the western Torres Strait name

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected Dr A.C. Haddon, possibly in in 1898
Event Date 1898
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (References)
cf. Haddon, A.C. (ed) (1904) Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits, Vol. 5. Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Western Islanders. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 322; pp. 325-6; cf. fig. 49.
Event Date 1904
Author: rachel hand

Context (References)
Moore, D. (1984) The Torres Strait Collections of A.C. Haddon. London: British Museum Press, p. 103, No. 694.
Cf. TSR 5: 322; 325-6; cf. fig. 49.

Moore's book is based upon research involving an examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums.

Event Date 1984
Author: rachel hand

Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Kuman. Dried straw of the Kuman used for injuring people - employed at Nagai time.'
Card 2: '7 dried stems of the kuman plant. resemble human long bones.'
Event Date 27/8/1986
Author: maa