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Accession No TE.485
Name/Title BEATER, BARKCLOTH
Brief Description This wooden barkcloth beater, or tapa beater, comes from Mangaia in the Cook Islands. Ridges (2 mm apart) run lengthwise along all four surfaces of the beater. When the bark is beaten, the ridges help spread the bark out.
Classification Textileworking T&E/T&E For Materials/Nomenclature
Primary Prod Place Mangaia/Cook Islands
Production Notes Place id by M Horwood 5.11.99
Measurement Reading 39 x 4 x 4cm
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