IDNO

LS.109408.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Mer, Murray Is. (Initiation).
(Left) Deformed boar’s tusk w. 2 pigs’ tails, worn as ornament in Bomai-Malu ceremonies.
(Right) Human jaw in ornament, w. beads. Worn at Bomai-Malu ceremonies." [manuscript in ink]

Place

Oceania Australasia; Oceania Melanesia; Australia; Torres Strait; Mer [Murray Islands]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

1898

Collection Name

Teaching Slide CollectionHaddon Unmounted Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information