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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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5-70/D2907.3 | Kauila stick |
Beater
|
Hawaii
| |
| 07-30-70/72463 | Wooden tapa beater |
Beater
|
Tonga
| |
| 56-41-70/3796 | Wooden tapa beaters |
Beater
|
Avera
| |
| 27-5-70/D2906 | Tapa beaters |
Beater
|
Hawaii
| |
| 46-78-70/2443 | Wooden tapa beater |
Beater
|
Samoa
| |
| 25-5-70/D2904.5 | Tapa beaters |
Beater
|
Hawaii
| |
| 71-8-70/2904.1 | Tapa beater |
Beater
|
Hawaii
| |
| 27-5-70/D2903 | Tapa beaters |
Beater
|
Hawaii
| |
| 06-20-70/66815.3 | Clubs for beating clothes when washing |
Beater
|
Philippines
| |
| 00-8-70/55349.2 | Wooden tapa beater |
Beater
|
Tongatapu island
| |
| 00-8-70/55394 | Tapa cloth beater |
Beater
|
Bora Bora
| |
| 25-5-70/D2904.4 | Tapa beaters |
Beater
|
Hawaii
|