A wooden carving of a squatting figure with its knees drawn up to its body, resting its elbows on its knees and its chin on the ends of its arms. The figure is carved on a rounded base, and has circular carved eyes and an upturned mouth on its face. The brow of the figure is pronounced on its smooth head, which is much wider at the chin than at the crown. There is a line carved across the figure's shoulders. In the centre of this line there is a small half-circle above a "Y" shaped marking. each of the figure's limbs has a carved outline which ends in a "swirl" shape on either side of the figure's body.

• 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 ebony wood
• Measurements height 6.0 cm, width 1.2 cm, depth 2.0 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 3092/0039