Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwriting in pencil on front '193'.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
Two catalogue cards related to this object.

Catalogue card 1 for Z 7576 (O.H.1032) , handwritten in black ink, reads, '"O" / 19 [annotated in pencil] shell pendants worn by married women only.'
Catalogue card 2, 'Nineteen shell pendants, some with woven necklaces threaded through hole in top.' Use notes, 'Worn only by married women'. Three small black and white photographs attached on the back of the card.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr Alfred Cort Haddon, possibly in 1898.
Event Date 1898
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (References)
Haddon, A.C. et al (1908) 'Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits: Vol. 6. Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Eastern Islanders'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 114
Event Date 1908
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (References)
Haddon, A.C. et al (1912) 'Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits: Vol. 4, Arts and Crafts'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 47, fig.64.
Event Date 1912
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
O, or wauri o, or kaukau o. Large white triangular shell as pendant. Short strands of plaited plan fibre attached on top. Worn only by married women.
Event Date 28/5/2025
Author: Katrina Dring