Accession No
Z 7678
Description
Pendant - card 1: 'Sauad; an old specimen strung on a cord.'
Card 2: 'Boar tusk on string of palm fibre. Sta ted [Stated] to be an old specimen.'
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 7678; MAA: Z 7678; OH 1016
Cultural Affliation
Material
Tusk; Boar Tusk
Local Term
Sauad
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected in 1889; Ref. Plate: Fig. 69
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
card 1: 'Sauad; an old specimen strung on a cord.'
Card 2: 'Boar tusk on string of palm fibre. Sta ted [Stated] to be an old specimen.'
Worn at conclusion of Malu-Bomai initiation ceremonies by leading men; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79598
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