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Container

MOA: University of British Columbia

3311/1

Container made from a gourd. Small hollowed-out gourd capped with a circular plug; the plug has a pig tusk extending out of the top. Woven plant fibre wraps around the neck of the gourd in a repeating v-style design, alternating between dark and light browns and bordered by bands of dark brown.

  • Narrative

    Originally from the collection of Sister Twyford, who served as a missionary in the Trobriand Islands in the 1920s.

  • Type of Item container
  • Culture Trobriand
  • Material gourd fruit, pig tusk, plant fibre
  • Measurements height 14.2 cm, diameter 10.0 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Ingeborg Marshall
  • Received from Ingeborg Marshall
  • Made in Kiriwina Islands
  • Creation Date before 1930
  • Collection Date between 1920 and 1929
  • Ownership Date before August 14, 2018
  • Acquisition Date on August 14, 2018
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 3311/0001

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