IDNO

P.792.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Huts on ground, Tud.”

Two thatched huts built by Yam Islanders for shelter while tending their gardens on Tudu. The huts are constructed with the eaves resting on the ground to form a triangular shape and open at one end with an upright stick supporting a central ridge pole. In the foreground a bamboo pole is supported horizontally on two forked branches and behind the huts are coconut palms and trees. [JD 16/5/2011]

Two triangular thatch structures shown from the front in an open area with coconut palms and trees. The rooves slope down sharply to form the walls. A bamboo pole is supported horizontally on two forked branches in the foreground. [Jude Philp 17/3/1999]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Tudu; Iama [Warrior Island; Tutu; Yam]

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander

Named Person

Photographer

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort [Cambridge University Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Straits, 1898 - 1899]

Date

24 October 1898

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionTorres Strait Island Expedition

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Quarterplate

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Similar image printed in Reports IV: Plate XIX fig. 3 with the caption “Huts Tud. p.95, 97” [JD 16/5/2011]

Related Archive: Haddon writes in his 1898 journal, “Tuesday Oct. 24. We made an early start and anchored off Tutu (Warrior I.) in the forenoon as I wanted to go over the old religious sites with Maino once more. No one lives on the island now and the old sites are overgrown with bush and most of the old stones are removed or broken up ... The Yam people occasionally go across to look after their gardens & we photographed the simple huts they had erected & which we were informed were like the old houses.” [JD 16/5/2011]