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  Haddon, Alfred Cort
  1890
The ethnography of the western tribes of Torres Straits.
Jour. Anthrop. Inst. Great Britain & Ireland 19: 297-446.
–Illustrates Mabuiag and Badu women with dugong totems cut into their backs.

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Australia
   1890Haddon, A.C. (DD; Torres Strait; scarification with dugong totems)
Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
   1890Haddon, A.C. (Torres Strait; scarification with dugong totems)
Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
   1890Haddon, A.C. (DD; Torres Strait; scarification with dugong totems)