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Beater

Description

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

Museum reference

A.1900.214

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Beater

Production information

Fiji, Polynesia

Date

Late 19th century

Style / Culture

Fijian
Pacific Peoples
Melanesian

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Dark brown wood; two thicknesses, the upper and wider portion hatched with cross lines

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