IDNO

LS.109368.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Folk tales. Mer.
Kudar. Mother of KOS & ABOB." [manuscript in ink]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

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

Date

1898

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: Image published in 'Reports. VI: X fig. 1', and captioned: "Head of Kudar (p. 22)"
Haddon writes: "Her head was represented by a stone at Pit kek which is now in the Cambridge Collection" (VI: 22). The reference is to her attempted murder and abduction by the culture-hero Sida. The story of her sons Abob and Kos is given pp. 25-28." [JD 02/10/2018]