Tapa beater; 4 sided (2 grooved sides, 2 smooth sides); used with anvil to beat out bast of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) in tapa processing
Collection place:
Samoa
Culture or time period:
Samoan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tapa beaters
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1975-1976 #72: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (April 19, 1976–September 14, 1976)