Figure Item Number: C388 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Carving of a female head from the shoulders up. Black with tattoo marks on face and elongated ears with elaborate plugs, orange brown hair.
Narrative
Burnett wrote (about curio-collecting on New Georgia) that his most valuable finds were a black stone food masher ... [and] a woman's bust in ebony decorated with inlaid shell, the head being surmounted with real human hair." Also, that "As regards the woman's bust, there are only two old men left in the group who now do this kind of work, which is really most artistic; so that, without doubt, it will very shortly become a lost art. After several ineffectual attempts to obtain these two valuable articles, I enlisted Mr. Wheatley's services, with the result that I eventually secured them."
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
- 2191/0773