Scraper Item Number: 3311/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Shell scraper of an iridescent shell. Both the interior and exterior are polished and iridescent. The margin of the shell is sharpened.
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
- Scraper
- Identification Number
- 3311/3
- Type of Item
- scraper
- Material
- oyster shell ?
- Overall
- height 2.0 cm, width 12.0 cm, depth 11.4 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
- good
- Accession Number
- 3311/0003