Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1889; Ref. Plate: Fig. 49. Pl. VIII, fig. 2. Pl. IX, fig. 3
'Exhibited: 'Torres Strait Islanders: An Exhibition Marking the Centenary of the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Exhibition' at UCMAA, July 1998 to December 2000, with following label " Forehead ornaments kaura dan; piau mat lager. Small pieces of pearlshell which have been handcut, ground down and strung on coconut fibre. Muraleg, Mer. c. A.C. Haddon 1888 & 1898. Z 7547, Z 9764." F. Veys, 28/7/2006'
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Piau mat lager; frontlet of nacre.'
Card 2: 'Oblong plates of pearlshell strung on native sting of coconut fibre.'
Worn for dances and ceremonies; Good
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa