Figure Item Number: C344 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Standing female figure. Features are carved. Has tapering oval inlaid eyes, a nose, a closed red mouth, and a white line around the face that goes around above the eyes and angles downward near either cheek side. Hair is white in a grooved and upraised square pattern. Body is black. Armbands around the biceps consist of seventeen white bands below the wider red wood band. Belt is cream-coloured with red along the top. Ear ornaments are circular white hoops that have a black ridge around the middle. Anklets and bracelets are in white and red. Wood necklace is carved with five red bands and three white 'beaded' sections . Also has a deep pink-red beaded necklace with wiring. Has galvanized iron handle at the back.
Narrative
Burnett wrote that while "curio-hunting round Grassi" he procured from a Mr. Bennett, "two New Georgian figures, true to life, male and female, about three feet high, carved out of wood by the bushmen of the interior" (C344-45).
Item History
- Made in New Georgia, Solomon Islands before 1909
- Collected during 1909
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
Who
- Culture
- Solomon Islands
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- New Georgia, Solomon Islands
When
- Creation Date
- before 1909
- Collection Date
- during 1909
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Item Classes
- carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 65
- Accession Number
- 2191/0736