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Object Number 71-8-70/2904.1
Display Title Tapa beater
Descriptions
Object Description Tapa beater or kapa pounder
Inventory Description Beater, rectangular head, incised lines of various gauges, rounded handle
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 36.7 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm (14 7/16 x 1 11/16 x 1 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2904 / 71-8-70/2904.1
Provenance
Collector Unknown

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