charm;
figure
- Museum number
- Oc,89+.180
- Description
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Wood turtle (waru) carved in the round on a solid base which is drilled for attachment. Attached to a canoe prow to bring good luck in turtle hunting.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1889)
- Dimensions
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Height: 7 centimetres
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Width: 18.50 centimetres
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Depth: 9.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Register slip comment:
No. 37 Turtle waru) charm Made by Manwa of Tud placed in front of a canoe.
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Moore, 1984:
Stated to have been made by Manua of Tutu and attached to canoe prow to bring good luck in turtle-hunting.
Tutu, 1888.
Refs: Haddon, A.C., (ed.), 1901-35, 'Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits', Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1912, Vol 4: Arts and Crafts: 390. pl. XL, fig. 6. Haddon, A.C., (ed.), 1901-35, 'Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits', Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1904, Vol 5: Sociology, magic and religion of the Western Islanders: 333. pl XVI, fig. 5. cf. Landtman, G.,1927, 'The Kiwai Papuans of British New Guinea, London, Macmillan: 398-407, fig. 107.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Acquisition notes
- Moore, 1984: Collected 1888.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,89+.180
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1889C16.180 (old CDMS no.)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 37 (Haddon)