Accession No
E 1916.1.3
Description
Blade - Card 1: 'Adze blade made of Tridacna shell dug up at Badu.'
Card 2: 'Piece of Tridacna shell, ground to point at one end and to a curving edge at other. Stated to be "shell adze dug up at Badu".'
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Badu
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]; Walker, C.
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1916.1.3; MAA: AR 1916.143.3
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Moore's book is based upon research involving an examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in ? 1914; Ref. Plate: 160
' 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 " Shell adze blade. Adze blade made of Tridacna shell. Digging sticks and axes were also used for agriculture. Found at Badu. Presented by C Walker, 1916.1.(3)." F. Veys, 10/8/2006'
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Adze blade made of Tridacna shell dug up at Badu.'
Card 2: 'Piece of Tridacna shell, ground to point at one end and to a curving edge at other. Stated to be "shell adze dug up at Badu".'
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79334
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