Context (Related Documents)
Pencil writing on the back of the handwritten catalogue card reads 'hoho'.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
Card 1 (handwritten): 'SAM. Head-dress of Cassowary (sam) feathers - as used in war.'
Card 2 (transcribed, 1986): 'Cassowary feathers bound to woven headband.'
Used for warfare and dances; Fair
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr Alfred Cort Haddon in 1898.
Event Date 1898
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 (Related Documents)
Transcribed card notes, 'TSR 4: 36. pl. VII, fig. 1. pl. VIII, figs 2,5.'
Event Date 6/11/1986
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
'Sam' or 'dagui'. Head-dress of cassowary ('sam') feathers bound to woven headband. Used in warfare and dances.
Event Date 10/7/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Amendments / updates)
Handwritten catalogue card notes a reference 'T Strait IV p. 201' but the page was later corrected in the transcribed card to p.36.
Event Date 10/7/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu