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barkcloth-beater
;
mallet
Object Type
barkcloth-beater
mallet
Museum number
Oc,VAN.303
Description
Barkcloth beater, mallet of wood, main body has four faces grooved longitudinally with the grooves being graduated in size.
Production date
18thC
(?)
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
George Goodman Hewett
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Hawaii
Materials
wood
Curator's comments
Register slip comment: 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.303
Additional IDs
CDMS number:
Oc1891C25.301-303
(old CDMS no.)