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Object Number
39-17-70/1174
Display Title
Wooden bark cloth beater ("kuli") used most by women but also by men
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Kuli
Inventory Description
Beater, carved wood, rectangular flattened notched head, narrow handle
Classification
- Beater
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Dutch New Guinea
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Sanke Doek
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 38.9 x 4 x 1.9 cm (15 5/16 x 1 9/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-17-70/1174
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39-17-70/1175 | Wooden beater used in making bark cloth ("kuli") |
Beater
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 40-24-50/5040 | Ivory beater for bark cloth |
Beater
|
Africa
| |
| 04-64-20/C3750 | Beater for bark cloth |
Beater
|
Chiapas
| |
| 24-32-50/B3691 | Bark-cloth beater |
Beater
|
Moera Village
| |
| 28-1-20/C10472.5 | Stone bark beater |
Beater
|
Oaxaca
| |
| 28-1-20/C10472.4 | Stone bark beater |
Beater
|
Oaxaca
| |
| 28-1-20/C10472.3 | Stone bark beater |
Beater
|
Oaxaca
| |
| 39-39-50/3530 | Wooden mallet, corrugated cylinder with 9.5" handle, used for beating bark(sangu |
Beater
|
Uganda
| |
| 39-39-50/3531 | Wooden mallet, corrugated cylinder with 6.5" handle, used for beating bark (sang |
Beater
|
Uganda
| |
| 00-8-70/55394 | Tapa cloth beater |
Beater
|
Bora Bora
| |
| 37-32-50/2494 | Wooden bark beater |
Raw Material
Beater |
Cameroon
| |
| 2004.24.22216 | Kuli and kale, fortified hilltops 14 kilometers southwest of Resan |
Bitol
Sir Han Kale Kuli |