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Ike

human history
  • Other Name

    Tapa beater (English)

  • Description

    Ike. Bark cloth beater. Used for pounding and producing sheets of masi (bark cloth). This ike was possibly manufactured for tourism. Carved from solid kau (wood). Long and square in cross section with a tapered handle with a rounded butt-end. Four sides, with three sides with grooves spaced approximately 3mm-5mm apart. 1 side is patterned with wave/zigzag patterns that alternate with sections of plain surface.

    Hole through the end of the handle with a leather strap looped through, with the ends of the strap sewn together. Brown in colour.

  • Place
    Fiji
  • Accession Number
    1939.186
  • Accession Date
    19 Sep 1939
  • Other Id

    24646 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Ike, 1939.186, 24646, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 23 Mar 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 1939.186, 24646, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 23 Mar 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 1939.186, 24646, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 23 Mar 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 1939.186, 24646, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 23 Mar 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 1939.186, 24646, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 23 Mar 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ike, 1939.186, 24646, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 23 Mar 2017, Cultural Permissions Apply

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