Bark Cloth Beater
L-180-98
From: Society Islands | Tahiti
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | L-180-98 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Society Islands | Tahiti |
| Manufacture Location | Marquesas Islands (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Ito wood (ironwood). Four-sided, each covered with lengthwise, parallel grooves, but of different widths. On the square end incised decoration in the form of pseudo-Chinese characters. Carved, curvilinear decoration, including a human face on the grip. Very old. Striking end with square cross-section, four faces with longitudinal grooves: 12, 16, 19 and 20. |
| Height | 3.8 cm |
| Length | 34 cm |
| Width | 4.4 cm |
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