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Axe Blade

MOA: University of British Columbia

3092/15

A smooth tear-drop shaped axe-head, carved from a dark blue-grey stone. The blade edge is slightly jagged, while the outer edges are smooth like the rest of its surface. There are also patches of light grey within the stone.

  • Narrative

    From the collection of Sister Twyford or Miss J. Pearce (Australia), who had served as missionaries in the Trobriand Islands in the 1920s and Dobu Island in the 1930s.

  • Type of Item blade
  • Culture Trobriand
  • Material stone
  • Measurements height 2.4 cm, width 7.0 cm, depth 11.5 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Ingeborg Marshall
  • Received from Ingeborg Marshall
  • Made in Kiriwina Islands
  • Creation Date before 1940
  • Collection Date between 1920 and 1940
  • Ownership Date before November 18, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on November 18, 2014
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3092/0015

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