Tapa Beater
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 2010
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
notes: label: Notes
content: Tapa beater with a round handle and a square, flared beating surface having ridges on three sides, and flat ends. Carved by Sitiveni Fehoko, a master carver, from toa wood (ironwood, Casuarina). The wood came from a tree in the Tongan Palace grounds in Nuku'alofa. The tree had blown down in a hurricane and the Queen Mother asked Sitiveni to carve a (Christian) cross for her from the wood. In payment, she gave him the rest of the tree to use to carve other objects.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2071953
label: USNM Number
content: E436911-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth Beater
physicalDescription: label: Length - Tapa Beater
content: 29 cm
label: Maximum Width - Tapa Beater
content: 5.8 cm
label: Maximum Thickness - Tapa Beater
content: 6 cm