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Ike

human history
  • Other Name

    Tapa beater (English)

  • Description

    Ike. Beater, tapa cloth. Used for pounding and producing sheets of tapa (bark cloth). Carved from a solid piece of rakau (wood), long and rectangular in shape, with a square cross-section, tapering at the handle. The top ends of the sides of the beater are slightly concave in shape.

    There are four grooved sides, with two of the sides consisting of fine grooves that are carved approximately 1mm apart, with another side also consisting of fine grooves that are carved approximately .5mm apart, and the fourth side consisting of widely spaced grooves, that are carved approximately 7-10mm apart. Brown in colour.

  • Place
    Atiu/Cook Islands
  • Accession Date
    1924
  • Other Id

    14490 (ethnology)

    B13 (Edge-Partington)

  • Department

    Pacific

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Images

  • Ike, 14490, B13, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 14490, B13, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 14490, B13, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 14490, B13, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 14490, B13, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 14490, B13, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 14490, B13, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 14490, B13, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 14490, B13, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 14490, B13, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Oct 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 14490
  • Public Access Text

    'Tapa beaters in the Cook Islands were made from toa wood according to the usual eastern Polynesian long narrow form, with four parallel sides and a wide range of grooving - from very fine to very wide.' Neich and Pendergrast, 'Pacific Tapa', 1997.

  • Cultural Origin

    Atiu

  • Collection
    T W Leys Memorial
  • Primary Maker

     unknown (Maker)

  • Place
    Atiu/Cook Islands
  • Date
    Pre 1924
  • Technique

    carved

  • Signature/marks

    V[?]A[?]I[?] MAN[?] (etched)

    HERVEY IS ATIU TAPA BEATER No. B13[?] (sticker)

    ATIU (handwritten)

    14490 (label)

  • Media

    wood/plant material

  • Measurement Reading

    438mm

    53mm

    52mm

  • Classification

    Beater, Tapa

    Textileworking T&E

    Tools & Equipment

  • Last Update
    08 Aug 2022
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