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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Oceanic; Polynesian: Tahitian
Title:Tapa beater ('Ike); Kapa beater
Date Made:19th or early 20th century
Type:Textile Working Tool
Materials:wood
Place Made:Oceania; Polynesia; Tahiti
Measurements:Overall: 2 in x 18 3/8 in x 2 in; 5.1 cm x 46.7 cm x 5.1 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK E.22.A.100.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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SKINNER CATALOGUE:
A tapa stick of hard, dark brown wood, from Tahiti, 1938, used for making tapa cloth. The stick is squared on the working two thirds, one side ridged coarsely, the next finer, the third finer, and the fourth finest. The handle end is rounded to fit the hand. Cat. 6/3/1938.

Tags:
indigenous people

Subjects:
Indigenous peoples

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