Beater Item Number: C1043 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A wood squared beater with longitudinal reeded incised grooves on all four sides and terminated by a horizontal band of lozenges around the middle. The small rounded cylindrical handle tapers to a rounded end. While the top of each side angles toward the centre, creating four triangles forming a point, the top has a more rounded shape to it.
History Of Use
For beating bark for tapa cloth.
Item History
- Made in Fiji before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1930
- Owned by Nina Burnett-Potts before 1953
- Received from Nina Burnett-Potts (Donor) during 1953
What
Who
- Culture
- Fijian
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett and Nina Burnett-Potts
- Received from
- Nina Burnett-Potts (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Fiji
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1930 and before 1953
- Acquisition Date
- during 1953
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 54