Context (Related Documents)
Card 1 (handwritten): 'SAM Head-dress of small brown cassowary feathers.'
Card 2 (transcribed, 1986): 'Small brown cassowary feathers sewn into fine woven band of coconut fibre.'
Used for warfare and ceremonial purposes; Good
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr Alfred Cort Haddon in 1888.
Event Date 9/1888
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

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, p. 36.
Event Date 1912
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (References)
Moore, D. R. (1984) 'The Torres Strait Collections of A. C. Haddon'. London: British Museum Publications. p.48.
Event Date 1984
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
Transcribed card notes, 'References: TSR 4: 36. pl. VII, fig. 1. pl. VIII, figs 2,5'.
Event Date 12/11/1986
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, with following label, 'Headdress dagui; samera. Small brown cassowary featherssewn into a fine woven band of coconut fibre. Badu. c.A.C.Haddon 1888-9. Z 7515.'
Event Date 7/1998
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
'Sam'. Head-dress of small brown cassowary feathers sewn into fine woven band of coconut fibre. Used for warfare and ceremonial purposes.
Event Date 9/7/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu