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Mat-plaited pandanus leaf strips, geometric pattern

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  • Title: Mat
  • Date: Sep-15
  • Location: Masig (Yorke) Island, Torres Strait
  • Provenance: Queensland Museum
  • See at Queensland Museum : http://www.awakening.qm.qld.gov.au/
  • Photographer: Connolly, Edward B
  • Format / Medium of Object: Rest and recreation is important to people everywhere. One recreation activity was top spinning. Competitions were confined to Mer, and held by senior men. The person who could spin the top for the longest time won. Special Kolap songs were sung while the

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