1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
December 15, 1901
Context of use:
Tapa beater.
Department:
Oceania
Comment:
Description: "1. "I'E KUKU" 4-sided "tapa" (bark cloth) beater. Used in finishing process." (fide Barbara (Kanani) Burns) Location: "This beater is not Hawaiian. The handle is smoothed and the curvilinear designs found on two sides (one is random wavy grooves) are both uncharacteristic of Hawaiian beaters. 1. (See p. 170, last paragraph and figures 110-122)." Remarks: "See Kooijman, Simon, "Tapas in Polynesia", pp. 109-110. Brigham, William T., "Ka Hana Kapa" The Making of Bark-cloth in Hawaii, 1911, p. 79. 1. Hiroa, Te Rangi (Peter Buck) "Arts and Crafts of Hawaii", pp. 169-179.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #41: Department of Home Economics (UC Davis) (November 14, 1963–January 7, 1964), S1975-1976 #72: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (April 19, 1976–September 14, 1976), and S1977-1978 #21: Doe Library (UC Berkeley) (December 7, 1977–March 9, 1978)