Context (Related Documents)
Two catalogue card attributed to Z 7611 read as follow:
Card 1, handwritten in black ink, reads, 'SABAGORAR - Turtle shell pendant. / worn by betrothed girls and married women.'
Card 2, typed, reads, 'Shaped turtleshell in form resembling a horse's head. Decorated with incised lines and dots.'
Both card are without authoring dates.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr Alfred Cort Haddon in 1898.
Event Date 1898
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (References)
Haddon, A.C. et al (1908) 'Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits: Vol. 6. Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Eastern Islanders'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 114, pl. 16, fig. 2
Event Date 1908
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

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. 48-49, pl. 6, fig.2
Event Date 1912
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (References)
Moore's book is based upon research involving an examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums. Cf. also 89+111, (Mer?), 1889, with incised decoration (stored in the British Museum collection).
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Sabagorar. Turtleshell pendant in the shape of a horse head. Worn by brides and married women only.
Event Date 14/5/2025
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu