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Object Number 85-7-70/37614
Display Title Tapa pounder
Descriptions
Object Description Tapa pounder
Inventory Description Tapa beater, rectangular head, 3 linear and 1 crosshatched side, tapering handle
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1885
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii / Hawaii County?
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 41.7 x 4.8 x 4.6 cm (16 7/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37.614
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1884-1885 - April 25, 1885)

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