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Object Number
07-30-70/72463
Display Title
Wooden tapa beater
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa beater. Four-sided rectangular beater which tapers slightly to a rounded handle with four sides. It is characterized as an I'e kuku, or secondary beater. Each of the four sides of the beater is carved differently. For more information, please refer to the conservation record.
Inventory Description
Beater, carved wood, tapered rectangular, linear incisions 3 sides, plain 1 side
Classification
- Beater
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 37.4 x 4.1 x 4.1 cm (14 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
72463
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(before 1907)
Donor
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1907)
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