IDNO

P.997.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Saibri lu, VI, xxi, 2.” [typed text]; “charm against thures [semi-legible] in the fields” [manuscript in pencil].

Profile of a long thin piece of wood carved to resemble a crocodile with four attached legs and feather attachments at head and tail. Propped by a stick and photographed against a white background. Below a short rounded piece of wood with a central portion removed; to the left a short block of wood. [Jude Philp 1/6/1999]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Europe British Isles; Australia; United Kingdom; Torres Strait; Mer; England; Cambridge; Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

Cultural Affliation

Torres Strait Islander

Named Person

Photographer

Hingston-Quiggin, Alison

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

?1898; ?1905

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon CollectionTorres Strait Island Expedition

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Printed in Reports VI: XXI, fig 2 captioned “Model of a Saibri lu (p. 229)”. Model of an object used in sorcery sent to Haddon from J. Bruce. [Jude Philp 1/6/1999]