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1909.30.73

Drum.

1909.30.73

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Collection type
Object
Description
Drum.
Person
Field collector John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear
Field collector HMS Challenger
Field collector HMS Alert
Field collector HMS Flying Fish
PRM source Julia Maclear
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1891
Date collected
1873 - 1876 [Challenger] and 1879 - 1891 [other surveying work]
Acquisition information
Donated: 1909
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Lizard Skin Reptile, Material Cassowary Feather Bird, Material Shell, Material String, Process Carved, Process Hollowed, Process Decorated, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Width: max 190 mm approx, Length: max 1040 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1909.30.73
Associated publications
Illustrated in black and white as part of Figure 5 on page 21 of 'A Middle Ground? Recent Archaeological Investigations from the Kaurareg Archipelago, South-Western Torres Strait, Queensland', by Liam Brady and Kaurareg Aboriginal Community, in Australian Archaeology, no. 65 (December 2007), pp. 17-29 [JC 5 10 2007, 30 5 2008]

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