Ike
human history
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
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Tapa beater (English)
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- Fiji
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1886
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11808 (ethnology)
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