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Object Number
99-12-70/53611
Display Title
Tapa beater
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Implement, wooden baton, rectangular, squared shaft, incised parallel lines on three sides of shaft, cross-hatched incisions on fourth side of shaft, cylindrical handle, handle flared at end
Classification
- Textileworking
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Tahitian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Windward Islands
/
Tahiti
Additional Geographic Terms
Society Islands
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 41.5 × 5.2 × 4.9 cm (16 5/16 × 2 1/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53611
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
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