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Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3092/43

A small carving of a pig. It has circular eyes carved into either side of its face and an upturned snout. It has two short squared-off ears, and a row of "u" shaped markings running along its jaw (perhaps teeth). Along the figure's spine is a line of "u" shaped markings. The pig has a straight cylindrical tail with small linear markings along 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.

  • Type of Item figure
  • Culture Trobriand
  • Material ebony wood
  • Measurements height 3.0 cm, width 2.2 cm, depth 10.0 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 3092/0043

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