beater
- Museum number
- Oc,NZ.85
- Description
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Fern-root beater, patu aruhe. Wooden beater: split in half lengthwise, plain oval rounded head, narrow handle.
- Production date
- 18thC (opinion of David R. Simmons)
- Dimensions
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Height: 32.50 centimetres
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Width: 7 centimetres
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Depth: 3.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Comments: Eighteenth century, mallet possibly made from a broken fern beater - opinion of David R. Simmons.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- Acquisition details unknown.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,NZ.85
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc????D19.85 (old CDMS no.)