Accession No
1886.71 B
Description
Large hourglass drum or warup with a fibre sling. decorated with cassowary feathers, ovulum shells and "goa" nuts at the open end. White incised geometric designs and a hammerhead shark and stingray. Tympanum of lizard skin broken.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait
Period
late nineteenth century
Source
Froude, Robert Edmund [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1886.71 B; MAA: AR 1886.71.1; Z 9612; ? OH 331 [on old removal slip]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; skin; Lizard skin; Feather; Cassowary Feather; Shell; Ovulum Shell; Nut; wax
Local Term
A, Buruburu; B, Warup
Measurements
1200mm
Events
Context (Display)
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
"Below: two waisted drums warup. These distinctive warup hour-glass drums are seldom made today.
Left: warup with lime-filled incised decoration of hammerhead shark and stingray at tympanum end. Mouth decorated with shells, goa nuts and cassowary feathers. Torres Strait. d. R. E. Froude 1886. Z 9612.
Right: warup collected by Rev. J. Chalmers and sold by the LMS d. A. von Hugel. Torres Strait or PNG. Z 9209." F. Veys, 8/8/2006'
Event Date 2000
Author: rachel hand
Context (Display)
Exhibited: 'Past Time: Torres Strait Islander Material from the Haddon Collection, 1888-1905' at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, March 2001-May 2002 and at the Cairns Regional Gallery, June to September 2002.
Event Date 2001
Author: rachel hand
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
Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card for A-B notes for B: Large drum carved from dark wood, with constriction in centre andopen " jaws" at distal end. Incised and white filled decoration of hammerhead shark and stringray. Line and zigzag at open end. Tympanum of lizard skin broken. Ornament of cassowary feathers with ovulum shells and " goa" nuts. Sling of bound fibre. Used for dances and ceremonies; Good
Event Date 17/12/2003
Author: rachel hand
Context (CMS Context)
A: Note on catalogue card: "Daudi".
Event Date 17/12/2003
Author: rachel hand
FM:278745
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