Object

Accession No

Z 7660

Description

Pendant - Card 1; 'GIR PUT [?SAUAD]. Armlet. Armlet [?Pendant] made of two boar's tusks to which attached 2 pig's tails, 3 red mucana beans, 1 seed, 1 freshwater shell.'
Card 2: 'Armlet [?Pendant] of two boar's tusks joined with coconut fibre string. Attached are 2 pigs' tails, 3 red mucana beans, 1 seed, 1 freshwater shell.'
Worn by important men only at conclusion of Malu-Bomai initiation ceremonies.

Place

Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer

Period

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

Z 7660; MAA: Z 7660; OH 954

Cultural Affliation

Material

Tusk; Boar Tusk; Horn; Seed; Shell

Local Term

Sauad

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 1898; Ref. Plate: Fig. 75
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Card 1; 'GIR PUT [?SAUAD]. Armlet. Armlet [?Pendant] made of two boar's tusks to which attached 2 pig's tails, 3 red mucana beans, 1 seed, 1 freshwater shell.'
Card 2: 'Armlet [?Pendant] of two boar's tusks joined with coconut fibre string. Attached are 2 pigs' tails, 3 red mucana beans, 1 seed, 1 freshwater shell.'
Worn by important men only at conclusion of Malu-Bomai initiation ceremonies.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa

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