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Ike

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Ike. Bark cloth beater. Used for pounding and producing sheets of masi (bark cloth). Carved from solid kau (wood). Long and square in cross section with a tapered handle. Four sides, with all four sides with grooves spaced approximately 2mm-4mm apart. Decorative vertical rows incised around top of handle. Handle decorated with incised patterns. Brown in colour.

Nama tāpiringa: 1950.128 Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018

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Ingoa Kē

Tapa beater (English)

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