Carving
MOA: University of British Columbia
3092/31
A wooden carving with intricate patterns on the surface. There are four holes along the top of the carving. The carving curves upwards on either end, and it is covered in swirling patterns.
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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 carving
- Culture Trobriand
- Material ebony wood
- Measurements height 3.5 cm, width 2.0 cm, depth 48.0 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
- Item Classes carvings & sculpture
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3092/0031