Bark Beater

AF33

From: Zaire

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF33
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Zaire
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

This was originally listed as "king's baton". It is grooved like a bark-cloth beater and shows marks of usage as such. Cf. AF4157. At some points there are patches of cross-hatching, still more characteristic of bark-cloth beaters.

Length 37.5 cm
Outside Diameter 5.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from W. H. Leslie, 1905

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