Spoon

MOA: University of British Columbia

3092/29

An oblong, shallow spoon with patterns carved along the handle and around the edge of the bowl.

  • 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 spoon
  • Culture Trobriand
  • Material teak wood, lime
  • Measurements height 3.5 cm, width 8.5 cm, depth 21.5 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 3092/0029