Lime Spatula
MOA: University of British Columbia
3092/20
Lime spatula with an intricately carved handle. The spatula is narrow at the base of the handle and widens gradually, eventually coming together at a rounded point. The carving is topped with a head containing circular eyes and a wide, upturned mouth.
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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 spatula
- Culture Trobriand
- Material ebony wood
- Measurements height 1.5 cm, width 3.3 cm, depth 26.1 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 3092/0020