barkcloth-beater
- Museum number
- Oc1857,0318.14
- Description
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Barkcloth beater made of wood, three sides have grooves.
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 33.50 centimetres
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Width: 4 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Light patch on one of the beating surfaces, probably formerly bore stuck-on original label
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Description in Extracts from the British and Medieval Register 1757-1878, p.205:
14. Wood quadrangular club, three sides scored being a tapa beater for making native cloth. Length 13 inches. Island of Matuku, Fiji
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1857
- Acquisition notes
- From the HMS Herald SW Pacific expedition of 1852-1861.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1857,0318.14
