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Object Number 24-20-70/D1985
Display Title Tapa beater
Descriptions
Inventory Description Implement, wooden baton, dark wood, rectangular, squared head, incised parallel lines on four sides of head, handle tapered to point, polished handle
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 41.5 × 5.3 × 5.4 cm (16 5/16 × 2 1/16 × 2 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-1985
Provenance
Collector Government Philippine Exhibition, Panama Pacific International Exposition
Donor David Wagstaff (June 1924)

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