The beater itself is long and square in shape with four sides which are all used in the beating process. There is one flat side and the remaining three sides all have four lengthwise grooves. There is a length of plaited pulu'i niu which is wrapped around the handle. The grooves and ike itself are very clean cut, so much so that they could have been made by a machine. Its possible that this ike was made for display purposes or the tourist market, due to the fact that the dimensions and shape are almost perfect, it shows no signs of use, and the wood isn't toa or a wood that can withstand the labour intensive beating process.