Bark Cloth Beater

87-8-39

From: Sulawesi

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 87-8-39
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sulawesi
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood
Description

Grooved wooden beater of pohon enan/baru tree (Arenga saccarifera). Flat, paddle-shaped wooden beater, with four broad longitudinal grooves on one side. Used first on bark before stone beaters (ike).

Length 46 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lorraine V. Aragon, 1987
Other Number 116 - Other Number

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