Context (Related Documents)
Annual Report, 1917, notes the Haddon Collection 1916.143.1-297 was collected by the donor, A.C. Haddon.
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Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered to wooden mount for E 1916.143.100 A and B, reads in black ink: "Earrings / A. Made of the embryo of a mangrove tree. / B. Of the quill of a cassowary. | GOARIBARI I. / Haddon Coll. '16.143.100."
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Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card notes: "Earring of cassowary quill / A. [earring of] embryo of mangrove / B. Fire-making apparatus, groove method."
Event Date 25/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads, in black ink: "16.143.100 | New Guinea / Dophina / Gobaribari I. / Earring of cassowary quill / A. [Earring of] embryo of mangrove. / B. Fire-making apparatus, groove method. / c&d. A.C. Haddon."

Added in second hand, blue biro: "Papuan Gulf"

Red circular sticker in top left corner of card.
Event Date 25/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Oval earring made from cassowary quill. Attached to wooden board painted in green with two brass mounting hooks on top edge.
Event Date 25/8/2020
Author: Katrina Dring