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.

  • 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