Accession No
Z 7585
Description
Top of a conus shell (Conus litteratus var. millepunctatus) partly ground to make a dibi-dibi.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7585; OH 77; 198 F [pencil writing]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Conus Shell
Local Term
Dibi-dibi
Measurements
Events
Context (References)
Ref. Plate: Pl. VIII, fig. 61
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Description (Physical description)
Card 1: 'Top of Conus litteratus var. millepunctatus with an [?illegible] at the apex. Partially ground to make a dibidibi.'
Card 2: 'Part manufactured example. Apex of conus shell partly ground to make a dibi-dibi.'
Good.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr Alfred Cort Haddon in 1898.
Event Date 1898
Author: maa
FM:79487
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