Context (Related Documents)

Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Card, hand written in black ink notes 'Head ornament'
Added later in ball point pen, 'wooden, cut out of the solid'.

Pencil outline sketch on card with pencil inscription 'Insignia of office at certain corroboree', probably in hand of F.J.Heyter
Event Date 1907
Author: Rachel Hand

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old museum paper label pasted to object reads 'E. 1907.429./ ?insignia of office (corroboree)/ Australia/ R.H. Marten, M.D. 1907'
Illegible pencil inscription in centre of label.
Event Date 1908
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Accession register entry for E 1907.428-429 notes ‘Two flat wooden objects resembling spear dash heads, cut out of the solid, with two-sided and one-sided barbs respectively and pointed tangs.' Possibly an insignia of office (Corroboree).
Includes pencil outline sketch
Event Date 5/6/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Light brown and white pigment remains on barbed areas and dark band in centre of object. Possibly used as a head ornament for use at corroborees.
Event Date 24/3/2025
Author: Rachel Hand