M0005261: Rain charm from the Torres Straits

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Reproduction of a photograph of "Dugena" rain charms from the Torres Strait Island region. Described as "Old and worn, features indiscernible, blackened all over. A bull-roarer and two goa nuts infront of neck - peticoated. Dugena was owned by Gasu and make heavy rain with little thunder". Originally published in <i>'Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological expedition to Torres Straits </i>, vol vi (Cambridge University Press, 1908).

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M0005261: Rain charm from the Torres Straits

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