Ike

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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 all four sides with grooves spaced approximately 4mm to 5mm apart. One to two lines and four chevrons are incised near top of handle. Dark brown in colour.

Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Tapa beater (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Date

1886

Other Id

11808 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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Ike, 11808, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 24 Mar 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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