Accession No
Z 7555
Description
Ornament - Card 1: 'KIKUB in process of manufacture. Piece of whorl of a maber - giant Fusus (Megalatrachus aruanus) for the manufacture of a kirkub of Group 4. Long and curved.'
Card 2: 'Curved segment of giant Fusus shell (maber) for manufacture of long curved nose style.'
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7555; MAA: Z 7555; OH 42
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Fusus Shell
Local Term
Kirkup
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. IX, fig. 11
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'KIKUB in process of manufacture. Piece of whorl of a maber - giant Fusus (Megalatrachus aruanus) for the manufacture of a kirkub of Group 4. Long and curved.'
Card 2: 'Curved segment of giant Fusus shell (maber) for manufacture of long curved nose style.'
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79463
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