Iʻe kuku (tapa beater)

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
11-1939
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:
length 14.5 inches and width 1.375 inches
Comment:
Description: "14 1/2 in. x 1 3/8 in." "hardwood, quadrangular, round handle." "1. "i`e kuku", a finishing beater. Two sides have the "ho`opa`i halua" surfaces (see p. 172 Fig. 112 b); one side with 8 grooves, the other with 9 (cross grooves too worn to count). One side is like Fig. 112 c. The remaining side is grooved (20) with an overlay of the "upena halua pupu" pattern (see p. 173, Fig. 114-c). Beaters were made by male specialists for use by females." Remarks: "1. Hiroa, Te Rangi (Peter Buck) "Arts and Crafts of Hawaii", pp. 169-179." (fide Barbara (Kanani) Burns, August 11, 1983)
Loans:
S1994-1995 #10: SFO Museum (April 7, 1995–July 26, 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1939, described as Tapa beater.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1939, described as Tapa beater.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1939, described as Tapa beater.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1939, described as Tapa beater.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1939, described as Tapa beater.

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