Object

Accession No

Z 7513 C

Description

Headdress, or Titui-titui, formerly worn by young men or held in hand when dancing. Made of a bamboo crosses with diamond pandanus strip decoration. Tips decorated with coconut and cassowary tufts.

Place

Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mabuiag

Period

late19th century

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector and donor]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

Z 7513 C; MAA: Z 7513; Z 7513 A; Z 7513 A-C; OH 21

Cultural Affliation

Material

Wood; Cane; Bamboo; Feather; Cassowary Feather

Local Term

Titui-titui

Measurements

Events

Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: 46
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: rachel hand

Description (CMS Description)
Card 1 for Z 7513 A-C.: 'Titui-titui. Head ornament - cf. other label catalogue card. Formerly worn by young men.'

Card 2 Z 7513 A-C: 'Three bamboo crosses with diamond pandanus strip decoration. Tips decorated with coconut and cassowary tufts.'

Worn by young men or held in hand when dancing; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
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

Context (Display)
C was exhibited in 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 22/10/2019
Author: rachel hand

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