Axe Blade Item Number: 3092/15 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A smooth tear-drop shaped axe-head, carved from a dark blue-grey stone. The blade edge is slightly jagged, while the outer edges are smooth like the rest of its surface. There are also patches of light grey within the stone.
Narrative
From the collection of Sister Twyford or Miss J. Pearce (Australia), who had served as missionaries in the Trobriand Islands in the 1920s and Dobu Island in the 1930s.
Item History
- Made in Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea before 1940
- Collected between 1920 and 1940
- Owned by Ingeborg Marshall before November 18, 2014
- Received from Ingeborg Marshall (Donor) on November 18, 2014
What
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 1940
- Collection Date
- between 1920 and 1940
- Ownership Date
- before November 18, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on November 18, 2014
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3092/0015