Context (Related Documents)
Card 1 (handwritten): '"Dagui" Head-dress of small black cassowary feathers.'
Card 2 (transcribed, 1986): 'small black cassowary feathers sewn into fine woven band of coconut fibre.'
Event Date
Author: maa

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

Cf. PR.I.57, Tutu, 1888: in the Pitt Rivers Museum collection (a catalogue card for this piece is filed in the catalogue room at CU; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1888; Ref. Plate: Pl. VII, figs 3
Event Date 1888
Author: maa

Context (References)
Haddon, A.C. et al (1912) 'Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits: Vol. 4, Arts and Crafts'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 36.
Event Date 1912
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
Transcribed catalogue card notes 'References: TSR 4: 36. pl. VII, fig.1. pl. VIII, figs 2,5.'
Event Date 12/8/1986
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'Torres Strait Islanders: An Exhibition Marking the Centenary of the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Exhibition' at UCMAA, July 1998 to December 2000, with following label, 'Headdress samera. Small balck cassowary feathers from PNG sewn into a fine woven band of cocnut fibre. Worn in warfare and for ceremonial occasions. Tudu. c.A.C. Haddon 1888. Z 7516.'
Event Date 7/1998
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
'Dagui' or 'samera'. Head-dress of small black cassowary feathers sewn into fine woven band of coconut fibre.
Event Date 8/7/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu