Kapa beater I'e kuku
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
name: label: Donor Name
content: Moana Eisele
notes: label: Notes
content: First stage beater (I'e Kuku) made from 'ohi'a wood used to make kapa cloth. The beater is round with parallel lines incised in about one third of the beater head. It is part of a collection of kapa beating instruments used to make bark cloth, and was made specifically for the U.S. Exploring Expedition conservation project that took place in the Department of Anthropology Conservation Lab at the Museum Support Center in 2012-2013. The beater was made by Daniel Richard Jonathan Kapalikuokalani Maile of Kaimuki, Oahu, age 25, a Masters candidate at UH Manoa-Pacific Island Studies.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2071724
label: USNM Number
content: E436253-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth Beater
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Beater
content: 36.5 cm
label: Width - Beater
content: 4.3 cm
label: Height - Beater
content: 4.3 cm