Ike

human history

Ike. Bark cloth beater. Used for pounding and producing sheets of masi (bark cloth). Carved from solid kau (wood). Long and elliptical in cross section with a tapered handle. Both sides are incised. One side is with vertical grooves, approximately 2-4mm spaced apart. The opposite side is patterned with geometric/zigzag incisions with several vertical grooves spaced approximately 2-4mm apart. Brown in colour.

Accession number: 527459 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Tapa beater (English)

Place
Fiji
Accession Date

1886

Other Id

11807 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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Ike, 11807, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 24 Mar 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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