Accession No
Z 7933
Description
Container - Card 1: 'AS. Helmet shell used as water vessel.'
Card 2: 'Helmet shell without modification.'
Used for carrying and boiling water.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7933; MAA: Z 7933; OH 1062
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Helmet Shell
Local Term
As
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in ? 1898;
' 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 maber; as. Fusu shell with coconut fibre handle, kadelup, used to carry and store water. Helmet shell used as a cooking vessel. Large shells are also used as border markers. Mer. c. Haddon 1898. Z 9533, Z 7933." F. Veys, 8/8/2006'
Event Date 24/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'AS. Helmet shell used as water vessel.'
Card 2: 'Helmet shell without modification.'
Used for carrying and boiling water; Good.
Event Date 24/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:99332
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