Context (CMS Context)
gigub is western Torres Strait and kirkub 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 " Three nose ornaments kirkup; gubu. Three nose ornaments made of shell. Worn through the nose for dances, sometimes further ornamented with fresh green grass shoots. Torres Strait. c. A.C. Haddon 1889 & 1898 Z 7536; Mer. Z 9739; Z 7552." F. Veys, 7/8/2006'
Event Date 29/8/1986
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Nose-stick.'
Card 2: 'Polished shell, probably Tridacna, in natural curve, pointed ends.'
Worn through perforation in nasal septum as decoration
Event Date 29/8/1986
Author: maa