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Object Number 00-8-70/55349.2
Display Title Wooden tapa beater
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, carved wood, rectangular head, linear incisions 3 sides, 1 side plain
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga / <State> / Tongatapu island
Additional Geographic Terms Tongatapu Group
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 28.5 x 5.1 x 4.9 cm (11 1/4 x 2 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 00-8-70/55349.2/ Tong Tabu/ Nov 30 1899
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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