Iʻe kuku (tapa beater)

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
11-1936
Permalink:
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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 1.5 inches and length 14.625 inches
Comment:
Description: "14 5/8" x 1 1/2". Round handle. Quadrangular. Hardwood. 1. I'E KUKU. Finishing beater. Two sides have "pepehi" surfaces, each with 8 ridges (nao) per side. One side is grooved, "ho'opa'i", with 14 ridges to the inch. One side is "pepehi halua" with 15 ridges. See p. 170; p. 171, Fig. 111 c; p. 172, Fig. 112 b. Beaters made by male specialists for use by women." Remarks: "1. Hiroa, Te Rangi (Peter Buck), "Arts and Crafts of Hawaii", pp. 169-179." (Fide Barbara (Kanani) Burns, September 27, 1983)
Loans:
S1961-1962 #25: Department of Geography (UC Berkeley)/D. I. Blumenstock (November 15, 1961–November 15, 1961) and S1963-1964 #51: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 27, 1963–January 11, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1936, described as Tapa beater.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1936, described as Tapa beater.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1936, described as Tapa beater.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1936, described as Tapa beater.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Iʻe kuku (tapa beater), accession number 11-1936, described as Tapa beater.

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