1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 56 min., 37 sec.) : flv file, sound
Summary
A century ago the TorresStrait Island were the subjects of the famous Cambridge Anthropological Expedition - the resulting depletion of their cultural artifacts left them with nothing but a history of remembered loss. The only people in the Pacific to make elaborate turtleshell masks have none left - they are all in foreign museums. As the title suggests, even the thickest of masks can crack when the original owners come to visit
