1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1922
Context of use:
Tapa beater.
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 1.75 inches and length 14.75 inches
Comment:
Description: "14 3/4 in. x 1 3/4 in." "Round handle, quadrangular. 1. "i`e kuku" Finishing beater. One side is a "halua" surface with 8 "`auwaha" or grooves, rather shallow. Two sides have 9 "nao" or ridges each. The final side has 11 "nao". Made by male specialists for use by women. (See 1., pp. 170-172; Fig. 111-c.)" (fide Barbara (Kanani) Burns, September 27, 1983) Remarks: "1. Hiroa, Te Rangi (Peter Buck) "Arts and Crafts of Hawaii", pp. 169-179)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #59: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/George A. Pettitt (February 26, 1965–February 26, 1965), S1967-1968 #8: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Betty Holtzman (July 24, 1967–September 1, 1967), S1976-1977 #38: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (January 13, 1977–May 23, 1977), and S1978-1979 #39: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Colleen Beck (January 17, 1979–March 31, 1979)