A wooden carving of a lone squatting figure who is resting its elbows on its knees, and its flat chin on the ends of its arms. The figure is carved with a small platform on the bottom, and circular carved eyes in a smooth rounded head. The brow of the figure is pronounced, and there is a pattern of geometric triangles or wedges along the figure's limbs on either side. The platform has an uneven carved line running around it.

• 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
• Measurements height 11.2 cm, width 4.3 cm, depth 5.5 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 3092/0036