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barkcloth-beater
;
mallet
Object Type
barkcloth-beater
mallet
Museum number
Oc,VAN.301
Description
Barkcloth beater, mallet made of wood, with four faces of square part grooved longitudinally, with two further grooved, one with diagonal and the other with vertical grooves.
Production date
18thC
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
George Goodman Hewett
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Hawaii
Materials
wood
Curator's comments
M.S. Cat. 19
Bibliographic references
King 1994 / Vancouver's Ethnography: A preliminary description of five inventories from the voyage of 1791-95
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks
Acquisition date
1891
Acquisition notes
Collected on George Vancouver's voyage to Hawaii and the NW coast of North America 1791-1795.
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Oc,VAN.301
Additional IDs
CDMS number:
Oc1891C25.301-303
(old CDMS no.)