Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in ? 1898


Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Displayed in Maudslay Hall, CUMAA, from 1990


Event Date 1990
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (References)
Moore's book is based upon research involving an examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums
Ref. Plate: Pl. IX, figs 13-5. Fig. 62
Event Date 8/2/1995
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card notes 'Selection of pendants, including four pearl shell crescents in birdlike shapes, two ant lion larvae (" mai weapu") and a fish(?) of turtleshell'
Event Date 8/2/1995
Author: Katrina Dring

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 " (Top) Shell pendants whose design was thought to originate from the ant lion. Worn for personal decoration. Mer. c.A.C. Haddon 1888 & 1898. Z 9749, Z 9972, Z 9751, Z 9972 & Z 9972." [F. Veys]
Event Date 28/7/2006
Author: Katrina Dring

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 " Pearl-shell pendant mai. These delicate ornaments could be worn as ear-rings or as pendants. The shape is reminiscent of a bird but also similar to the sylised dheri patterns on drums. Mer. c.A.C. Haddon ?1898. Z 9972" [F. Veys]
Event Date 7/8/2006
Author: Katrina Dring