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Stick of wood used for beating tapa
Stick of wood used for beating tapa
Object Number 36-105-70/423
Display Title Stick of wood used for beating tapa
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, stick, stripped of bark, cut both ends
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nor-Papua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Mandated Territory: Kaup, on coast; Sepik River, 40 mi. west of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 38.5 x 3.4 x 3 cm (15 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-105-70/423

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