Description (Labels & Markings)
Old paper label '433 A' on the back of the band.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
Card 1 (handwritten): 'DAGUI or SAM. Headdress of cassowary feathers as used in war.'
Card 2 (transcribed, 1986): 'Cassowary feathers sewn into band of woven coconut fibre decorated in sawtooth pattern with red ochre.'
Used in 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 catalogue card notes 'References: TSR 4: 36. pl. VII, fig. 1. pl. VIII, figs 2,5.'
Event Date 6/11/1986
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
'Dagui' or 'sam'. Headdress of cassowary feathers sewn into band of woven coconut fibre decorated in sawtooth pattern with red ochre. Used in warfare and dances.
Event Date 10/7/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu