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Object Number 27-5-70/D2907.2
Display Title Wooden tapa beater
Descriptions
Object Description Kauila sticks; used for washing clothes? 43.0 cm L x 18.0 cm in circumference. The object is a round beater with a smooth and tapered handle and tip, with a polyhedral central portion 22 cm long. It is characterized as an hohua, or preliminary beater.
Inventory Description Beater, tapered, cylindrical, worn midsection, polished handle, cracked
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 43.5 x 6 x 5.8 cm (17 1/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 27-5-70/D2907.2
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor Donated by Mr. Edward Tenney (1927)

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