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Wooden beater used in making bark cloth ("kuli")
Wooden beater used in making bark cloth ("kuli")
Object Number 39-17-70/1175
Display Title Wooden beater used in making bark cloth ("kuli")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Kuli
Inventory Description Beater, carved wood, flat rectangular head, notched 1 side, tapering handle
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sanke Doek
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 51.6 x 6.3 x 2.6 cm (20 5/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1175

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