Context (References)
Ref. Plate: Pl. VIII, fig. 61.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Card 1: 'Dibidibi in process of manufacture from the apex of a cone shell (conus litteratus var. millepunctatus). The under surface is already partially ground down.'
Card 2: 'Part-manufactured example. Under surface is partly ground, but apex of cone is intact.'
Good.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr Alfred Cort Haddon in 1889.
Event Date 1889
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'Torres Strait Islanders: An Exhibition Marking the Centenary of the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Exhibition' at UCMAA, July 1998 to December 2000, with following label, 'Shells wauri; waiwi. Shells were used for making various ornaments. These show the sstages of making the chest ornament, dibidibi. Mer. c.A.C. Haddon. 1898.'
Event Date 7/1998
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu