Accession No
Z 7554
Description
Ornament - Card 1: 'KIRKUB Nose-stick made of AS or MABER (shell). In process of manufacture.'
Card 2: 'polished shell, probably Tridacna or Melo, fusiform type only partly completed.'
Put through perforation in nasal septum for decoration.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7554; MAA: Z 7554
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; ?Tridacna Shell
Local Term
Kirkup
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in ? 1898; Ref. Plate: IX
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'KIRKUB Nose-stick made of AS or MABER (shell). In process of manufacture.'
Card 2: 'polished shell, probably Tridacna or Melo, fusiform type only partly completed.'
Put through perforation in nasal septum for decoration; Good
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79461
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