charm;
beater
- Museum number
- Oc1889,1205.17
- Description
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Charm, sago beater, of palm wood. The lower end spatulate, the upper in the form of a human figure. Coloured red and white (now very faded).
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 77 centimetres
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Width: 3.30 centimetres
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Depth: 1 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- From Gulf Province ?
Comments recorded on registration slip: 'Mr Chalmers says these sticks are used as charms to place in yam patches'
'Mr Lawes says these sticks 17,18, 19 are used for beating out sago.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1889,1205.17