Accession No
Z 7577 A
Description
Dibi dibi or chest pendant made from the top of a conus shell (wauri), in the process of manufacture
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7577 A; MAA: Z 7577; Z 7577 A-H; OH 1034 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Conus Shell
Local Term
Dibi-dibi
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Card 1: 'Dibi dibi Chest pendants made from the top of a conus shell, WAURI. In process of manufacture,'
Card 2: 'Eight conus shell in varying stages of manufacture into dibi-dibis. Some cemented with coral.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr Alfred Cort Haddon in ?1898.
Event Date 1898
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Context (References)
Moore, D. R. (1984) 'The Torres Strait collections of A.C. Haddon', pl. 36, fig. 311. British Museum Press.
Event Date 1984
Author: maa
FM:79352
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