IDNO

P.948.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Decorated human jaw worn during the Malu ceremonies.”

Board onto which is hung an ornament consisting of half a human jaw-bone with teeth hanging down from which is a large quantity of strands strung with coix seeds. The whole is suspended by a thick plaited fibre cord. [Jude Philp 26/5/1999]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander

Named Person

Photographer

Hingston-Quiggin, Alison

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

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: This image is printed in Reports VI: XVII fig. 8 with the caption: “Decorated human lower-jaw worn during the Malu ceremonies (p. 294)”. Said to be worn by the younger Beizam boai (Shark group) and Zagareb le. This object is now in UCMAA. [Jude Philp 26/5/1999]