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Object Number 00-8-70/55349.1
Display Title Tapa beater
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tapa beater, wooden, four-sided head, squared at end, grooved on three sides, short cylindrical handle
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga / <State> / Tongatapu island
Additional Geographic Terms Tongatapu Group
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 6.8 × 25.3 × 6.8 cm (2 11/16 × 9 15/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55349.1
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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