Tapa beater

Museum number:
11-1943
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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 2.125 inches and length 11 inches
Comment:
Description: "11 in. x 2 1/8 in." "This beater is not Hawaiian. The handle has been smoothed after trimming and does not end in a narrower blunted point. 1. See p. 170, last paragraph and Fig. 110-b for a typical Hawaiian "hohoa", or preliminary beater." 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 2 titled Tapa beater, accession number 11-1943, described as Tapa beater.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tapa beater, accession number 11-1943, described as Tapa beater.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tapa beater, accession number 11-1943, described as Tapa beater.

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