Loan (Exhibition)
Exhibition: 'Awakening: Stories from the Torres Strait' June 25 2011 - December 31 2011
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Human figure, carved in the round from hibiscus ("urabar") wood. Painted red, white and black. Skirt of shredded leaf, triangular chest ornament of pearl-shell, palm-leaf head-dress. Used in garden increase magic. This example was made for Haddon
Event Date 12/1/1994
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; Ref. Plate: Pl. XX, fig. 4;

Event Date 12/1/1994
Author: maa

Loan (Exhibition)
National Museum of Australia, 1/3/2001 to 1/9/2002, Past Time: Torres Strait Islander Material from the Haddon Collection, 1888-1905: A National Museum of Australia Exhibition from the University of Cambridge.
Event Date 1/3/2001
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Display)
On Display in the Torres Strait section of the Introductory case, Maudslay Hall from April 2012, R.Hand 10/4/2012
Event Date 21/10/2019
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Display)
Torres Strait Islanders: An Exhibition Marking the Centenary of the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Exhibition' at UCMAA, July 1998 to December 2000, with following label " Model garden figure madub. Model of a madub, an image used to ensure good crops of yams, sweet-potatoes, bananas and sugar-cane. This figure originally held a spear-thrower and had twigs and flowers beath it' s arm. The figures had a song associated with them. Mabuiag. Made for Haddon 1898. Z 9460." F. Veys, 9/8/2006
Event Date 21/10/2019
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (References)
Photographed as part of the Art UK Sculpture project, August - September 2019. The project aims to create a free-to-access online photographic showcase of publicly owned sculpture. The three-year project focuses on sculpture dating from the last 1,000 years, held in public collections and outdoor locations across the UK
Event Date 3/6/2020
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Madub. Human figure, carved in the round from urabar (hibiscus) wood, painted red, white and black. The figure has a skirt of shredded leaf, a triangular chest ornament of pearl-shell, and palm-leaf head-dress.
Event Date 30/3/2022
Author: Flo Sutton