Accession No
Z 7517
Description
'Dagui' or 'Sam'. Head-dress made of cassowary ('sam') feathers sewn into band of fine woven coconut fibre. Additional band of string ochred in red and white. White feathers inserted into upper part of band. Used for warfare and ceremonial purposes.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
19th century
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7517; OH 832
Cultural Affliation
Material
Cassowary Feather; Feather
Local Term
Dagui; Samera
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten catalogue card notes 'A.426' on the back.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Context (Related Documents)
Card 1 (handwritten): 'DAGUI or SAM Head-dress made of cassowary (SAM) feathers with supplemental forehead-band.
Card 2 (transcribed, 1986): 'cassowary feathers sewn into band of fine woven coconut fibre. Additional band of string ochred in red and white. White feathers inserted into upper part of band.'
Used for warfare and ceremonial purposes; Good
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr Alfred Cort Haddon in 1898.
Event Date 1898
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
Context (CMS Context)
Ref. Plate: Pl. VII, fig. 1. Pl. VIII, figs 2 & 5
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
'Dagui' or 'Sam'. Head-dress made of cassowary ('sam') feathers sewn into band of fine woven coconut fibre. Additional band of string ochred in red and white. White feathers inserted into upper part of band. Used for warfare and ceremonial purposes.
Event Date 9/7/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
FM:79559
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