Wooden carving of a squatting figure. Its knees are drawn up to its body, resting its elbows on its them, and resting its chin on the ends of its arms. The figure is carved on a base which has an uneven line running around it, and circular carved eyes on its face. The brow of the figure is pronounced on its smooth rounded head. There is a pattern of geometric triangles carved along the figure's limbs on either side of the body, some of which are filled with white lime.

• 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.

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• Type of Item figure
• Culture Trobriand
• Material teak wood, lime
• Measurements height 12.5 cm, width 5.0 cm, depth 5.9 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Ingeborg Marshall
• Received from Ingeborg Marshall

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• Made in Kiriwina Islands

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• Creation Date before 1940
• Collection Date between 1920 and 1940
• Ownership Date before November 18, 2014
• Acquisition Date on November 18, 2014

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• Item Classes carvings & sculpture
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3092/0035