Object

Accession No

Z 7633

Description

Armband - Card 1: 'KADIG. Bracer in coconut fibre in twilled pattern throughout ends cut short in line from top to base.'
Card 2: 'Coconut fibre in twilled pattern. Ends cut short leaving no fringe.'
Armband made of woven tube of coconut fibre in twilled pattern. Ends cut short leaving no fringe. Worn as "bracer" for protection against bow-string. (Known as "kadig" in western Torres Strait and as "kadik" in eastern).

Place

Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mabuiag

Period

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

Z 7633; MAA: Z 7633; OH 685

Cultural Affliation

Material

Local Term

Kadig; Kadik

Measurements

Events

Context (CMS Context)
Moore's book is based upon research involving an examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums. Cf. also DM.1890.363, Muralag, 1888 (stored in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin). (A catalogue card for this piece is filed i; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. XIV, fig. 9
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'KADIG. Bracer in coconut fibre in twilled pattern throughout ends cut short in line from top to base.'
Card 2: 'Coconut fibre in twilled pattern. Ends cut short leaving no fringe.'
Armband made of woven tube of coconut fibre in twilled pattern. Ends cut short leaving no fringe. Worn as " bracer" for protection against bow-string. (Known as " kadig" in western Torres Strait and as " kadik" in eastern).
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa

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