Trobriand Skirt Making Board with Traditional Designs
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A Trobriand skirt Making board, used to impress traditional designs onto the grass used in the making of skirts, hardwood with deep patina, one side heavily incised, Trobriand Islands PNG. Provenance: The Dr George Soutter and Dr John Yu collection, length 55 cm
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- Patination / Patina - In broad terms, patination refers to the exterior surface appearance of the timber, the effect of fading caused by exposure to sunlight and air over the course of a century or more, changing the piece to a soft, mellow colour.
As patina is very difficult to replicate, it is one of the most important guides to determining the age of furniture.
Patina is also the term applied to the bloom or film found on old bronzes due to oxidisation. - Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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New Guinea tribal artefacts
- canoe prows and paddles 263
- other artefacts 1,213
- Trobriand Islands - tribal artefacts 154
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