Tapa Beater
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Apr 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: Elsie S. Kawaonaheleopai'i Durante
notes: label: Notes
content: Tapa beater, second stage style (I'e kuku), with four flat surfaces each with different geometric pattern: 1-large cris-cross hatch marks with large dots called 'upena pupu; 2-small cris-cross hatch marks 'upena pupu; 3-wide parallel striations (pepehi); and 4-narrow parallel striations (ho'opa'i). At the base of side 4 near handle 1.5 cm long diamond shape carved into wood. End of handle appears to have 1 cm. long piece of wood broken off. One wood boring beetle hole at base of handle. All surfaces show signs of wear.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
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)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2033777
label: USNM Number
content: E430800-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth Beater
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37.5 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 4 cm