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Figure3092/40

Wooden carving of a squatting figure with its knees drawn up to its body, resting its elbows on its knees and its chin on the ends of its arms. The figure is carved on a rounded base, and has circular carved eyes and an upturned-linear mouth. The brow of the figure is pronounced on its smooth, narrow head. There is a line carved across the figure's shoulders. In the centre of this line there is a half-circle shaped carved above a "Y" shaped marking. Each of the figure's limbs has a carved outline which ends in a "swirl" shape on either side of the figure's body.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3092/39

A wooden carving of a squatting figure with its knees drawn up to its body, resting its elbows on its knees and its chin on the ends of its arms. The figure is carved on a rounded base, and has circular carved eyes and an upturned mouth on its face. The brow of the figure is pronounced on its smooth head, which is much wider at the chin than at the crown. There is a line carved across the figure's shoulders. In the centre of this line there is a small half-circle above a "Y" shaped marking. each of the figure's limbs has a carved outline which ends in a "swirl" shape on either side of the figure's body.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3092/38

A small wooden carving of a squatting figure with its knees drawn up to its body, resting its elbows on its knees and its chin on the ends of its arms. The figure is carved on a rounded oval base, and has circular carved eyes on its face. The brow of the figure is pronounced on its smooth, very narrow head. There is a line carved across the figure's shoulders. In the centre of this line there is a small half-circle above a "Y" shaped marking. each of the figure's limbs has a carved outline which ends in a "swirl" shape on either side of the figure's body.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3092/37

Wooden carving of a squatting figure with its knees drawn up to its body, resting its elbows on its knees and its chin on the ends of its arms. The figure is carved on a base which has an uneven line running around it, and circular carved eyes on its face. The brow of the figure is pronounced on its smooth rounded head. There is a pattern of geometric triangles carved along the figure's arm which crosses its back in a "t" shape, with the same patterning crossing along its opposite arm, and extending down the spine ending in two curves. The carved lines were at one time filled with white lime.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
teak wood and lime
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3092/36

A wooden carving of a lone squatting figure who is resting its elbows on its knees, and its flat chin on the ends of its arms. The figure is carved with a small platform on the bottom, and circular carved eyes in a smooth rounded head. The brow of the figure is pronounced, and there is a pattern of geometric triangles or wedges along the figure's limbs on either side. The platform has an uneven carved line running around it.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
teak wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3092/35

Wooden carving of a squatting figure. Its knees are drawn up to its body, resting its elbows on its them, and resting its chin on the ends of its arms. The figure is carved on a base which has an uneven line running around it, and circular carved eyes on its face. The brow of the figure is pronounced on its smooth rounded head. There is a pattern of geometric triangles carved along the figure's limbs on either side of the body, some of which are filled with white lime.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
teak wood and lime
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3092/34

Wooden carving of a squatting figure with its knees drawn up to its body, resting its elbows on its knees and its chin on the ends of its arms. The figure is carved on a base which has an uneven line running around it, and circular carved eyes on its face. The brow of the figure is pronounced on its smooth rounded head. There is a small hole carved in the base. There is a pattern of geometric triangles carved along the figure's limbs on either side of the body. The carved lines are filled with white lime.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
teak wood and lime
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3092/33

Wooden carving of a squatting figure with its knees drawn up to its body, resting its elbows on its knees and its chin on the ends of its arms. The figure is carved on a base which has an uneven line of geometric triangles running around it, and circular carved eyes on its face. Its mouth has a row of triangular teeth carved into it. The brow of the figure is pronounced on its smooth rounded head. A basket or large bowl is caved on top of its head with a pattern of triangles and curves around the rim. A similar pattern of geometric triangles carved along the figure's limbs on either side of the body, each side meeting along the figure's spine with a bull's-eye design at the top and bottom of its back. The carved lines are filled in with white lime.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
teak wood and lime
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3092/32

Wooden carving of a squatting figure with its knees drawn up to its body, resting its elbows on its knees and its chin on the ends of its arms. The figure is carved on a rounded base that has un-even wedge-shaped patterning around it. Its mouth has a row of triangular teeth carved into it, and there are two "u" shaped marks carved into each side of the face (each pair is carved one above the other). The brow of the figure is pronounced on its smooth rounded head, there is a band of wedge-shaped carvings topped with a line above the figure's brow. A similar "u" shaped pattern is carved along the figure's limbs on either side of the body. The pattern along the arms meets in the centre of the shoulders. Along the spine of the figure there is an uneven pattern of "u" shaped marks with a linear border. Some of the lines are filled with white lime.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood and lime
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3092/31

A wooden carving with intricate patterns on the surface. There are four holes along the top of the carving. The carving curves upwards on either end, and it is covered in swirling patterns.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
ebony wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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