Context (CMS Context)
uraz is western Torres Strait and waraz is eastern; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in ? 1898; Research: Examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums By Moore.D.R On 1984 - The Torres Strait Collections of A.C. Haddon. British Museum Publications
' Exhibited: 'Torres Strait Islanders: An Exhibition Marking the Centenary of the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Exhibition' at UCMAA, July 1998 to December 2000, with following label " Necklace uraz; waraz. Double row of olive shells attached to band of plaited cocnut fibre. Highly valued for trade, several strands of shells were equivalent to a large wooden canoe hull. c. A.C. Haddon ?1898. Z 7616." F. Veys, 8/8/2006'
Event Date 29/8/1986
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Necklace double rows of waraz (olive) shells.'
Card 2: 'Double row of olive shells (waraz) attached to band of plaited coconut fibre.'
Event Date 29/8/1986
Author: maa