Accession No
Z 7500
Description
Necklace - Card 1: 'SESERIG. Frontlet of dogs' canine teeth.'
Card 2: 'triple row of teeth, drilled and bound to sinnet strap with fine coconut fibre string. Red cotton European material tacked along lower edge.'
Worn only by women and girls.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7500; MAA: Z 7500; OH 49
Cultural Affliation
Material
Tooth; Dog Tooth
Local Term
Seserig
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. XI, fig. 18
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'SESERIG. Frontlet of dogs' canine teeth.'
Card 2: 'triple row of teeth, drilled and bound to sinnet strap with fine coconut fibre string. Red cotton European material tacked along lower edge.'
Worn only by women and girls; Fair.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79464
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