Accession No
Z 7544
Description
Ear-weight, carved from wood in two unequal lobes joined by narrow constriction. Used for distending earlobe and as decoration.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7544; MAA: Z 7544; OH 14
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
Laip tut
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1889; Ref. Plate: 3
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Card 1: 'Laip tut. Ear-weight; asymmetrical.'
Card 2: 'Carved from wood (probably Manilkara kaukii) in two unequal lobes joined by narrow constriction.'
Used for distending earlobe and as decoration; Good
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Context (Display)
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 " Ear-weights laip tut. Two weights made from wood. Ear-lobes wer distended and peirced at various intervals. As a sign of mourning a person would cut one of these holes. Masks and figures made by islanders have similar ears. Mer. c.A.C. Haddon 1889. Z 7544." [F. Veys]
Event Date 8/8/2006
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:79450
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