Bark Beater
Object Number: | AF33 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Provenience: | Zaire |
Section: | African |
Materials: | Wood |
Credit Line: | Purchased from W. H. Leslie, 1905 |
Description
This was originally listed as "king's baton". It is grooved like a bark-cloth beater and shows marks of usage as such. Cf. AF4157. At some points there are patches of cross-hatching, still more characteristic of bark-cloth beaters.
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