IDNO

P.802.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Sop-sop on ground, Mer.”

A sopsop (bundle of bananas) wrapped in various fibres and tied with coconut leaf on the ground. In the background are the trunks of banana plants. [Jude Philp 17/3/1999, updated JD 25/7/2011]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander

Named Person

Photographer

Wilkin, Anthony

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

1898

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionTorres Strait Island Expedition

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Quarterplate

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: This is the same type of bundle shown in P.801.ACH1 and printed in Reports I: Plate XXI, fig. 1 with the caption “Pile-dwelling and sopsop banana, Mer (pp. 89, 109, 147)”. The bananas are wrapped in this way when young, when the wrapping is uncovered the skin is red.On Catalogue Card: “Sop-sop on ground, Mer.” [Jude Philp 17/3/1999]