Context (Related Documents)
Stated on label to be ' New Guinea canoe ornaments' but closely resemble Z 9418. Probably held im mouth by markai (spirit) dancers in death dance; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1888; 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; Ref. Plate: 35 : cf. XIV
Event Date 6/8/1986
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Two shapes each of three plates tied together, forming crescentic bird-like shape, decorated with fretted cut-outs and red and white paint. Strings at end
Event Date 6/8/1986
Author: maa

Loan (Exhibition)
National Museum of Australia, 1/3/2001 to 1/9/2002, Past Time: Torres Strait Islander Material from the Haddon Collection, 1888-1905: A National Museum of Australia Exhibition from the University of Cambridge.
Event Date 1/3/2001
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Display)
Exhibited: 'Torres Strait Islanders: An Exhibition Marking the Centenary of the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Exhibition' at UCMAA, July 1998 to December 2000.
Exhibited: 'Past Time: Torres Strait Islander Material from the Haddon Collection, 1888-1905' at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, March 2001-May 2002 and at the Cairns Regional Gallery, June to September 2002. 'Not found in box, R. vd Velden, 06/11/2013.'
Event Date 21/10/2019
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Gud. Dance Ornament formed of two bird-like shapes each of three turtle-shell plates tied together, decorated with fretted cut-outs and red and white pigment. Plant fibre strings are attached.
Event Date 29/3/2022
Author: Flo Sutton