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Olo ufikie

human history
  • Other Name

    Washboard (English)

  • Description

    Olo ufikie. Washboard. This is a hand made olo ufikie made of taiuli (wood from the kanava tree). The olo ufikie is rectangular in shape and curved along the short edge. The olo ufikie is a dark brown colour and has a rough unpolished surface. The olo ufikie is grooved along the middle. These grooves would have been created using an ili (saw). At one end of the olo ufikie is a pair of holes which may have been used for a suspension cord.

    Olo ufikie were used to clean clothes by rubbing them against the grooves in the middle.

  • Place
    Fakaofo/Tokelau Islands/Polynesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1970.210
  • Accession Date
    1970
  • Other Id

    43994 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Wash board, 1970.210, 43994, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • Wash board, 1970.210, 43994, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Wash board, 1970.210, 43994, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Wash board, 1970.210, 43994, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Wash board, 1970.210, 43994, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Wash board, 1970.210, 43994, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • washboard

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