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Object Number
40-24-50/5040
Display Title
Ivory beater for bark cloth
Descriptions
Object Description
Elephant ivory beater for bark cloth. Recessed lines are carved in a criss-cross pattern on the bottom of the proximal end.
Inventory Description
Beater, tapered to point, scooped end, pigmented cross hatch wide end
Classification
- Beater
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Zande
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Tambura
Materials
Ivory, Pigment, Elephant ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm (6 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-24-50/5040
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92-21-50/51041 | Ivory club |
Tools
|
Africa
| |
| 24-32-50/B3691 | Bark-cloth beater |
Beater
|
Moera Village
| |
| 92-21-50/51040 | Ivory club |
Tools
|
Africa
| |
| 37-32-50/2493 | Bark beater made from elephant tusk |
Raw Material
Beater |
Cameroon
| |
| 21-28-50/B2886 | Ivory bark beater |
Tools
|
Cameroon
| |
| 46-36-10/28990 | Ivory bark beater |
Beater
|
Alaska
| |
| 92-21-50/51039 | Ivory club |
Beater
|
Africa
| |
| 04-64-20/C3750 | Beater for bark cloth |
Beater
|
Chiapas
| |
| 39-17-70/1175 | Wooden beater used in making bark cloth ("kuli") |
Beater
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 39-17-70/1174 | Wooden bark cloth beater ("kuli") used most by women but also by men |
Beater
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 37-32-50/2491 | Bark beater made from elephant's rib |
Beater
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 37-32-50/2487 | Bark beater made from elephant shin bone |
Beater
Raw Material |
Cameroon
|