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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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Figure3092/42

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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Figure3092/37

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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Spoon3092/29

An oblong, shallow spoon with patterns carved along the handle and around the edge of the bowl.

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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Bowl3092/28

An oblong bowl with two carved pigs for handles (one on each end). The upper lip of the bowl has a pattern of "U" shaped gouges running along it, some of which are filled with lime. On the outer walls of the bowl, there are small carvings of angular lines in the middle of each side. One of the pigs is upside down. The upside-down pig is slightly larger than the other, and both have carved “U” shaped patterns on their surface.

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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Figure3092/5

Carved wooden fish with oval eyes. On the sides of the fish's body are other aquatic figures carved into the surface, with diagonal lines between the figures. On the bottom of the fish is a flattened base. The face of the fish is red-brown, with a dark brown line along the spine of the fish. The tail is dark brown, as well as the aquatic figures.

Culture
Australian
Material
teak wood
Made in
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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