Tapa beater

Museum number:
11-44988
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110044988
Accession number:
Acc.4470
Description:
Tapa. Hardwood; polished from usage; round handle tapering to quadrangular blade; incised wave pattern on one side, longitudinal lines on other three.
Donor:
Mrs. Richard Croop and Richard Croop
Collection place:
Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Hardwood
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tapa beaters
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 4.5 centimeters and length 37.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tapa beater, accession number 11-44988, described as Tapa. Hardwood; polished from usage; round handle tapering to quadrangular blade; incised wave pattern on one side, longitudinal lines on other three.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tapa beater, accession number 11-44988, described as Tapa. Hardwood; polished from usage; round handle tapering to quadrangular blade; incised wave pattern on one side, longitudinal lines on other three.

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