Bark Cloth Beater
2003-33-11
From: United States of America | Hawaiian Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2003-33-11 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hawaiian |
| Provenience | United States of America | Hawaiian Islands |
| Culture Area | Oceania | Polynesia |
| 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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