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Cup

MOA: University of British Columbia

3311/2

Small carved-out coconut cup. There is a small carved design on the pointed end, which extends up over the lip. The bowl's interior has scrape marks.

  • Narrative

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

  • Type of Item cup
  • Culture Trobriand
  • Material coconut nutshell
  • Measurements height 5.5 cm, width 8.3 cm, depth 13.0 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 good
  • Accession Number 3311/0002

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