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Object Number 27-5-70/D2905.2
Display Title Wooden kapa beater
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, squared shaft, curvilinear chip designs, tapered handle, abraded surface
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 39.4 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm (15 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 27-5-70/D2905.2
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor Donated by Mr. Edward Tenney (1927)

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