Accession No
Z 7675
Description
Pendant - Card 1: 'SAUAD. Artificially deformed boar's tusk, this specimen is thinned down, which is very unusual (perhaps unique) on it are 11 incisions, which probably indicate amatory adventures of the owner. The palp end is broken.'
Card 2: 'Boar's tusk, ground down, which is very unusual, and having 11 incisions, probably a tally of women seduced. The palp end is broken.'
Worn at conclusion of Malu-Bomai initiation ceremonies by leading men.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7675; MAA: Z 7675; OH 959
Cultural Affliation
Material
Tusk; Boar Tusk
Local Term
Sauad
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Fig. 69
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'SAUAD. Artificially deformed boar's tusk, this specimen is thinned down, which is very unusual (perhaps unique) on it are 11 incisions, which probably indicate amatory adventures of the owner. The palp end is broken.'
Card 2: 'Boar's tusk, ground down, which is very unusual, and having 11 incisions, probably a tally of women seduced. The palp end is broken.'
Worn at conclusion of Malu-Bomai initiation ceremonies by leading men; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79595
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