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Scraper

MOA: University of British Columbia

3311/5

Shell scraper of an iridescent shell. The interior of the shell is polished and iridescent, with a pearl forming(?). The margin of the shell is sharpened.

  • Narrative

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

  • Type of Item scraper
  • Culture Trobriand
  • Material oyster shell
  • Measurements height 1.3 cm, width 5.4 cm, depth 5.5 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 3311/0005

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