Container Item Number: Ig406 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Distorted brown sphere (part a) open at one end with a cylindrical light wood stopper (part b). Sphere (part a) has a geometric design in horizontal bands that are incised around the upper half of the outer surface. The inside is hollowed out and filled with white powdered lime? The stopper (part b) has an incised band around the upper edge. It is 9 centimetres in diameter and 2.7 centimetres long.
Narrative
From the 'Massim' region: Kiriwina (Trobriand) Islands.
Item History
- Made in Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
- Owned by Coolie Verner before December 24, 1979
- Received from Coolie Verner (Donor) on December 24, 1979
What
- Name
- Container
- Identification Number
- Ig406 a-b
- Type of Item
- container
- Material
- coconut nutshell, wood and lime mineral ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, carved, stained, polished and incised
- Overall
- height 10.0 cm, diameter 8.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Trobriand
- Previous Owner
- Coolie Verner
- Received from
- Coolie Verner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
When
- Ownership Date
- before December 24, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on December 24, 1979
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 66
- Accession Number
- 0581/0042 a-b