Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue cards read:
Card 1: 'Recently made mask of thin plates of turtle shell, it is poor specimen, but was not made for A.C.H. and may have been used.'
Card 2: 'Human face made of thin plates of turtle shell laced together. Painted red, white and blue. Coconut fibre hair and beard, wood nose. Originally had white feathers round margin, now detached. On right side of face a small plug of soft wood is attached, with a wooden pin through it.'
Probably used in funerary ceremonies ("keber"). Described on an earlier catalogue card as " Recently made . . it is a poor specimen but was not made for A.C.H. and may have been used" .; Incomplete
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Moore's book is based upon research involving an examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898;
Event Date 12/1/1994
Author: maa

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Brown newspaper 'The Times, Friday, July 1, 1932' found in box. It notes [handwritten in black ink]: 'Feathers from Mask Z8117.' No feathers found inside, disposed off as unsuitable packing material.
Event Date 23/10/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Conservation (Surface Clean)
CON.2015.1595 | Surface Clean
Event Date 16/6/2015
Author: rah99

Context (Related Documents)
Taken from duplicate records which were subsequently deleted: Originally had white feathers round margin. Probably used in funerary ceremonies (keber); Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Research: Examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums By Moore.D.R On 1984 - The Torres Strait Collections of A.C. Haddon. British Museum Publications.
Event Date 26/10/2016
Author: Remke Velden

Context (Display)
'Displayed in the Maudslay Gallery for the visit of award-winning artist Alick Tipoti and the ZUGUBAL dancers from Badu Island, Torres Strait on 17 June 2015. The dancers conducted a private ceremony to dance for the masks collected by AC Haddon before giving a public performance in the gallery. Guests included Margaret Rishbeth, Haddon's granddaughter (A. Herle).'
Event Date 10/11/2016
Author: Remke Velden

Description (Physical description)
Krar; Le op. Mask made of thin plates of turtle shell, tied together, with a wooden nose and coconut fibre hair and beard. Original white feathers around edge of mask now lost. Used in Keber (funerary) ceremonies.
Event Date 30/3/2022
Author: Flo Sutton

Context (Production / use)
This mask was used as the cover image for the exhibition catalogue "Evolution Torres Strait Masks", Gab Titui Cultural Centre, Thursday Island Torres Strait Australia, 2016.
Event Date 22/9/2023
Author: Anita Herle

Description (Physical description)
Mask of a human face made of thin plates of green turtle (rather than the usual hawksbill) laced together. Decorated with dots of white (possibly lime) ,a powdery red and blue (Reckitt's Crown Blue, a laundry blue). The pointed nose is typical of the eastern island styles. The coconut fibre tufts of hair around the mask is very brittle.
From knowledge shared by Anita Herle during a research visit with Islanders
Event Date 4/7/2024
Author: maa