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Charm3311/6

Small marupai charm carved from a dwarf coconut. The nutshell is carved to have a snout with an open mouth on the narrow end. Geometric designs with lines and repeating triangles are etched into the shell, following the shape of the mouth and giving it circular eyes. The carved designs are filled with white clay(?). A short length of twisted cord extends from a hole through the rounded end, and has been tied leaving a small loop.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
dwarf coconut nutshell, plant fibre and clay
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scraper3311/5

Shell scraper of an iridescent shell. The interior of the shell is polished and iridescent, with a pearl forming(?). The margin of the shell is sharpened.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
oyster shell ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scraper3311/4

Shell scraper of an iridescent shell. Both the interior and exterior are polished and iridescent. The margin of the shell is sharpened and serrated.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
oyster shell ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scraper3311/3

Shell scraper of an iridescent shell. Both the interior and exterior are polished and iridescent. The margin of the shell is sharpened.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
oyster shell ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup3311/2

Small carved-out coconut cup. There is a small carved design on the pointed end, which extends up over the lip. The bowl's interior has scrape marks.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
coconut nutshell
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container3311/1

Container made from a gourd. Small hollowed-out gourd capped with a circular plug; the plug has a pig tusk extending out of the top. Woven plant fibre wraps around the neck of the gourd in a repeating v-style design, alternating between dark and light browns and bordered by bands of dark brown.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
gourd fruit, pig tusk and plant fibre
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3092/44

Wooden carving of a pig. Its head is carved in a wedge shape with a defined angle running down the centre of its face. It has a small cirular eye and a string of triangles carved along the jaw line up to its ears on either side of its face. the ttorso is rounded with short legs. Along its spine is a pattern of "u" shaped marking bordered by lines on both sides. Along the sides of its torso, the pig has a similar pattern of "u" shapes carved between two lines, in the centre of which there is a sideways "hourglass" shaped marking. The carved areas show traces of white lime.

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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Figure3092/43

A small carving of a pig. It has circular eyes carved into either side of its face and an upturned snout. It has two short squared-off ears, and a row of "u" shaped markings running along its jaw (perhaps teeth). Along the figure's spine is a line of "u" shaped markings. The pig has a straight cylindrical tail with small linear markings along it.

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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Figure3092/42

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 which sit on top of a short wooden peg. The figure has circular carved eyes with triangles underneath. The brow is pronounced on the smooth oblong head. The figure has a circle above a triangle carved into its torso, and a geometric line of triangles carved along the arm and leg of each side, curving with the limbs and connecting the right arm and right leg, the left arm and left leg. The carvings on the right side have white lime in the carved areas, while most of the lime along the left side has flaked away.

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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Figure3092/41

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 above small "U" shaped marks on its face. The brow of the figure is pronounced on its smooth, narrow head. There is a line carved across the figure's face above the brow line, and a similar one 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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