Wire cage type beater for a Kenwood Chef food mixer designed by Kenneth Grange and manufactured by Kenwood Ltd, England, c. 1960

Weft beater (attush pera), wooden paddle with short handle, used in weaving: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th - early 20th century

Weft beater (attush pera), wooden paddle with short handle, used in weaving: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th - early 20th century

Beater of wood for Buddhist temple gong (mokugyo): Japan, 19th century

Wooden beater for a flat Buddhist gong: Japan

Buddhist pilgrim's bell, a brass gong suspended from a flat piece of wood covered with brass and red felt, the frame decorated with temple crest and lotus, and having a cylindrical sutra holder decorated with the sun and moon, with a wooden beater: Japan, Kii province, gong by Nakata Motokiyo, ca. 1900

Cylindrical beater of dark brown wood, the upper and wider portion hatched with cross lines, for making barkcloth: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, late 19th century

Cylindrical beater of dark brown wood, the upper and wider portion with spiral and wavy grooves, for making barkcloth: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, late 19th century

Three-sided beater of dark brown wood, with grooved lineal patterns and round handle, for making barkcloth: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, late 19th century

Beater of black wood, with flat rectangular blade hatched with cross lines, for making barkcloth: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, late 19th century

Wooden beater for making barkcloth: Polynesia, Society Islands, Tahiti, pre-1854

Tapa or barkcloth beater made of heavy wood: Polynesia, French Polynesia, Society Islands, Tahiti, before 1895

Tapa or barkcloth beaters made of heavy wood: Polynesia, French Polynesia, Society Islands,Tahiti, before 1895

Barkcloth beater of hard, dark brown wood, square in section with a rounded handle: Polynesia, Society Islands, Tahiti, 19th century

Beater for barkcloth (i'e kuku) of casuarina wood and engraved with diverse patterns: Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, pre-1854

Beater for barkcloth (i'e kuku) of casuarina wood and engraved with diverse patterns: Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, pre-1854