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Charm

MOA: University of British Columbia

3311/6

Small marupai charm carved from a dwarf coconut. The nutshell is carved to have a snout with an open mouth on the narrow end. Geometric designs with lines and repeating triangles are etched into the shell, following the shape of the mouth and giving it circular eyes. The carved designs are filled with white clay(?). A short length of twisted cord extends from a hole through the rounded end, and has been tied leaving a small loop.

  • Narrative

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

  • Type of Item charm
  • Culture Trobriand
  • Material dwarf coconut nutshell, plant fibre, clay
  • Measurements height 19.0 cm, width 3.0 cm, depth 2.9 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 3311/0006

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