Accession No
Z 28773 A-B
Description
Container - Two helmet shells, ?used as water carriers. "Turbo marmoratus L"
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Melanesia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait
Period
Source
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 28773 A-B; MAA: Z 28773; Z 28773 A; Z 28773 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
' 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 " Shells. Half shell of tridacna serrifera lam bezammi. helmet shell, turpo marmoratus L. c.A.C. Haddon. Z 28772 A, Z 28773 B." F. Veys, 28/7/2006'
' 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 " Shells. Half black-lipped pearl shells. Trochus shell was also used as a substitute for pearlshell in the manufacture of buttons and other ornaments. Helmet shell used as a water container. Z 28771 A-F., Z 31804, Z 28773 A." F. Veys, 10/8/2006'
Event Date 17/6/1993
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Two helmet shells, ?used as water carriers. " Turbo marmoratus L"
Event Date 17/6/1993
Author: maa
FM:87080
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