Accession No
Z 7674
Description
Pendant - Card 1: 'SAUAD. artificially deformed boar's tusk.'
Card 2: 'Boar's tusk drilled with remains of red cotton attachment.'
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 7674; MAA: Z 7674; OH 956
Cultural Affliation
Material
Cloth; Cotton; Tusk; Boar Tusk
Local Term
Sauad
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1889; Ref. Plate: Fig. 69
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'SAUAD. artificially deformed boar's tusk.'
Card 2: 'Boar's tusk drilled with remains of red cotton attachment.'
Worn at conclusion of Malu-Bomai initiation ceremonies by leading men; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79596
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