Accession No
Z 7900 B
Description
Siu. A piece of yellow ochre, ground and mixed with water as pigment. Stated to have come from Moa.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
late 19th century
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7900 B; MAA: 33 [printed exhibition no]; OH 967 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Soil; pigment
Local Term
Siu
Measurements
40mm x 3mm x 110mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Card 2: 'SIU. Yellow ochre used as pigment, this specimen was said to have come from Moa.'
Event Date
Author: rachel hand
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Dr A.C. Haddon in 1898 on Mer
Event Date 1898
Author: rachel hand
Context (References)
cf. A.C. Haddon (1912) Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits: Volume IV, Arts and Crafts. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. p. 388-9
Event Date 1912
Author: rachel hand
Context (References)
David Moore (1984). The Torres Strait Collections of A. C. Haddon. British Museum: London, No. 279
Event Date 1984
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Card 1: 'SIU. Yellow ochre used as pigment.'
Card 2: 'SIU. Yellow ochre used as pigment, this specimen was said to have come from Moa.'
Card 3: 'Chunks of yellow ochre. Stated to have come from Moa.'
Ground and mixed with water as pigment.
Event Date 24/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:304631
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