Iʻe kuku (tapa beater)

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
11-1938
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.587
Description:
Tapa beater.
Donor:
Mrs. Jackson R. Myers
Collection place:
Maui, Hawaiian Windward Islands, Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii; Maui; Maui
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
Jackson R. Myers
Collection date:
1900-1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tapa beaters
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1922
Context of use:
Tapa beater.
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 1.625 inches and length 14.375 inches
Comment:
Description: "14 3/8 in. x 1 5/8 in." "Quadrangular, round handle, hardwood." "1. "i`e kuku" finishing beater. One side has 8 "nao" (ridges) and another side has 9; these surfaces are called "pepehi". (See p. 171, Fig. 111-c.) One side has the surface partially destroyed; this side has 6 "halua" (grooves) with a superimposed design and is called "`upena halua pupu" (See p. 174, Fig. 114-c.) The remaining side has the same pattern with (probably) 14 "nao"; it is worn so that an accurate tally cannot be made. Beaters made by men (specialists) for use by women." Remarks: "1. Hiroa, Te Rangi (Peter Buck), "Arts and Crafts of Hawaii", pp. 169-179." (fide Barbara (Kanani) Burns, September 27, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1938, described as Tapa beater.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1938, described as Tapa beater.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1938, described as Tapa beater.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1938, described as Tapa beater.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1938, described as Tapa beater.

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