Accession No
Z 7662
Description
Pendant - Card 1: 'Sauad. with 3 pigs' tails.'
Card 2: 'Boar's tusk drilled for coconut fibre string necklace, with three pigs' tails attached.'
Worn by leading men at conclusion of Malu-Bomai initiation ceremonies.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7662; MAA: Z 7662; OH 1038
Cultural Affliation
Material
Tusk; Boar Tusk
Local Term
Sauad
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in ? 1898; Ref. Plate: 69
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Sauad. with 3 pigs' tails.'
Card 2: 'Boar's tusk drilled for coconut fibre string necklace, with three pigs' tails attached.'
Worn by leading men at conclusion of Malu-Bomai initiation ceremonies; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79590
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