Accession No
Z 7501
Description
Necklace - Card 1: 'Seserig'
Card 2: 'double row of teeth drilled and bound into double strap of sinnet.'
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 7501; OH 59
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
' 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 " Necklet seserig. Dog' s teeth necklet worn by women and girls. Dog' s teeth were imported from PNG. Mer. c.A.C.Haddon 1898. Z 7501." F. Veys, 7/8/2006'
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Seserig'
Card 2: 'double row of teeth drilled and bound into double strap of sinnet.'
Worn only by women and girls; Fair
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79465
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