Accession No

Z 9402


Description

Pendant - Two scutes of crocodile painted red and drilled for suspension on necklace of patterned cotton material. Blue beads at junction. Worn round neck in ceremonies by "kodal" man (ie. belonging to crocodile totem).


Place

Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Saibai


Period


Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 9402; MAA: Z 9402; OH 812


Cultural Affliation


Material

Leather; Crocodile Skin


Local Term

Kodal augad


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
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; Ref. Plate: 14;
' 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 " Chest pendent koedal augud. Ornament worn by people with koedal augud (crocodile totem). Reddened crocodile bone on cotton string with blue beads. Saibai. c. A.C. Haddon 1898. Z 9402" F. Veys, 7/8/2006'
Event Date 12/1/1994
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Two scutes of crocodile painted red and drilled for suspension on necklace of patterned cotton material. Blue beads at junction. Worn round neck in ceremonies by " kodal" man (ie. belonging to crocodile totem).
Event Date 12/1/1994
Author: maa


FM:99563

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