Container Item Number: 3311/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
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.
Item History
- Made in Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea before 1930
- Collected between 1920 and 1929
- Owned by Ingeborg Marshall before August 14, 2018
- Received from Ingeborg Marshall (Donor) on August 14, 2018
What
- Name
- Container
- Identification Number
- 3311/1
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- gourd fruit, pig tusk and plant fibre
- Overall
- height 14.2 cm, diameter 10.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Trobriand
- Previous Owner
- Ingeborg Marshall
- Received from
- Ingeborg Marshall (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
When
- Creation Date
- before 1930
- Collection Date
- between 1920 and 1929
- Ownership Date
- before August 14, 2018
- Acquisition Date
- on August 14, 2018
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3311/0001