Bark Cloth Beater
2003-33-11
From: Hawaiian Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 2003-33-11 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Hawaiian Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Quadrangular bark cloth beater with tapered handle. Four faces with longitudinal grooves: 16, 25, 27 and 17, which is 2/3 cross-hatched. Each face used during a different stage in the bark cloth production process. Sticker: "Hawaii." |
Length | 37.3 cm |
Width | 4.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1995.X.16111 - Other Number | JM 31 - Other Number | PCM 23 - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.16111 - Other Number |
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