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Barkcloth beater

Description

Cigar-shaped barkcloth beater of heavy greyish-green stone, pointed at both ends, one side slightly flattened and rudely engraved with a series of shallow grooves: Melanesian, Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal

Museum reference

A.1925.267

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Barkcloth beater

Production information

Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Melanesia

Materials

Stone

Physical description

Greyish-green stone; one side rudely engraved with a series of shallow grooves

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