Accession No
Z 8006 A
Description
Kwoioro. Harpoon points cut from hard wood in one piece. Barbed on two sides. Used for harpooning dugong and such.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mabuiag
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 8006 A; OH 1022 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood
Local Term
kwiruru; kwoioro
Measurements
20mm x 196mm x 6mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Haddon number written in white ink 'OH 1022 A'.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Context (Related Documents)
Original handwritten catalogue card (Z 8006 A-C) reads '3 darts of of dugong harpoons'.
Pencil annotation written on top 'Drawer 5', possibly referring to the exhibition in 1998 at UCMAA.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr Alfred Cort Haddon in presumably 1888.
Event Date 1888
Author: maa
Context (References)
Haddon, A.C. et al (1912) 'Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits: Vol. 4, Arts and Crafts'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Pl. XXIII, fig.2.
Event Date 1912
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Description (Physical description)
Transcribed and typed catalogue card reads, 'Two points cut from hard wood in one piece. Barbed on two sides.'
Event Date 7/11/1986
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.
Event Date 1/7/1998
Author: Rachel Hand
Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'Past Time: Torres Strait Islander Material from the Haddon Collection, 1888-1905' at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, March 2001-May 2002 and at the Cairns Regional Gallery, June to September 2002.
Event Date 3/2001
Author: Rachel Hand
Loan (Exhibition)
National Museum of Australia, 1/3/2001 to 1/9/2002, Past Time: Torres Strait Islander Material from the Haddon Collection, 1888-1905: A National Museum of Australia Exhibition from the University of Cambridge.
Event Date 1/3/2001
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
FM:79512
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