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Ike (Tapa beater)
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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Ike. Bark cloth beater. Used for pounding and producing sheets of masi (bark cloth). Carved from solid kau (wood). Long and square in cross section with a tapered handle. Four-sided, with three sides with grooves spaced 2mm to 4mm apart. One side is plain without grooves. Dark brown in colour.
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Details
- Title: Ike (Tapa beater)
- Creator: Unknown
- Location Created: Fiji
- Type: Artifact
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Rights: please see our Cultural Permissions guidelines for information on re-using this image., Auckland Museum's cultural-permissions policy applies
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