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beater

human history
  • Other Name

    ike (Niuean)

  • Description

    Bark cloth beater.

    This Niuean beater displays the raised zigzag cuff and incised patterns also seen on Niuean spears and clubs.

  • Place
    Niue
  • Accession Number
    1931.580
  • Other Id

    16876 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

barkcloth beater

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  • barkcloth beater
  • beater, barkcloth
  • beater, barkcloth
  • beater; 16876

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1931.580, 16876
  • Public Access Text

    "Niuean tapa beaters have a square cross section and flare at its farthest end. The grooving is much finer than that on Samoan and Tongan beaters and there is a zigzag cuff between the handle and the beating end, which is apparently unique to Niue.

    Sometimes there are patterns marked in lines of fine dot incisions which, along with the zigzag cuff, are also found on spears and clubs from Niue." Neich and Pendergrast, 'Pacific Tapa', 1997

  • Place
    Niue
  • Media

    wood/plant material

  • Measurement Reading

    330 x 54mm (precise)

  • Classification

    Beater, Tapa

    Textileworking T&E

    Tools & Equipment

  • Last Update
    05 Oct 2018
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