Accession No
Z 7511
Description
Kaipai. Head ornament, consisting of twenty sticks with feathers attached with string. Would have been attached to a mask for a dance.
Place
Oceania; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mabuiag
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7511; MAA: Z 7511; OH 1022
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Feather; Plant Fibre
Local Term
Kaipai
Measurements
Events
Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card 3 reads: 'Worn in headdress by " markai' ' during death dance.'
Accession register reads: 'Feathered wands inserted into mask. Worn by MARKAI in death dance, KAIKAI.'
Event Date
Author: Flo Sutton
Context (Related Documents)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in ? 1898; Ref. Plate: XIV
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Card 1: 'Feathered wands inserted into mask. Worn by MARKAI in death dance, KAIKAI.'
Card 2: '20 sticks with feathers bound to ends with string.'
Worn in headdress by " markai' ' during death dance; Fair
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Kaipai. Head ornament, consisting of twenty sticks with feathers attached with string. Would have been attached to a mask for a dance.
Event Date 29/3/2022
Author: Flo Sutton
FM:79528
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