Iʻe kuku (tapa beater)

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
11-36980
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Accession number:
Acc.1345
Description:
Tapa. Cylindrical with serrated blade. Carved hardwood.
Donor:
Arthur Rodgers and Mr. Carrol J. Rodgers
Collection place:
Hawaiian Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Hawaii
Culture or time period:
Hawaiian
Collector:
Arthur Rodgers
Collection date:
1881
Materials:
Hardwood
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tapa beaters
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1960
Context of use:
Hohoa; used in preliminary stage of beating individual strips of bast. The blade consists of sharp ridges (nao).
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
length 12 inches
Comment:
Description: " X 2 1/4" diam. Grooves to the inch: 7, 9, 15 & 17. Kapa made by women. Native Name: "hohoa (hoahoa)" Materials: "Carved with shark's tooth knife (pre-metal tools) by male specialists." Made by: "male specialists." References: "1. Hiroa, Te Rangi (Peter Buck) Arts and Crafts of Hawaii, p. 170, Fig. 110 b." Exhibited: "1978 settlement of Polynesia
Loans:
S1975-1976 #72: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (April 19, 1976–September 14, 1976) and 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 11-36980, described as Tapa. Cylindrical with serrated blade. Carved hardwood.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-36980, described as Tapa. Cylindrical with serrated blade. Carved hardwood.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-36980, described as Tapa. Cylindrical with serrated blade. Carved hardwood.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-36980, described as Tapa. Cylindrical with serrated blade. Carved hardwood.

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