Accession No
Z 7590
Description
Dibi-dibi. Chest pendant made from top of conus shell, wauri. Ground front and back. Attached through hole at apex to string dyed violet.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7590; MAA:; OH 86; 212 [paper label]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Conus Shell
Local Term
Dibi-dibi
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Old paper label '212' on the front.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. VIII, fig. 61
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'DIBIDIBI. Chest pendant attached to a violet string necklace.'
Card 2: 'Chest pendant made from top ofconus [of conus] shell, wauri. Ground front and back. Attached through hole at apex to string dyed violet.'
Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
The dye may be blue (possibly Reckitt's Crown Blue) or purple, and seems embedded into the twisted plant fibre cord.
Event Date 4/7/2024
Author: Rachel Hand
FM:79482
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