Beater Item Number: C485 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A wood squared beater with longitudinal reeded incised grooves on three sides with one plain side. 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 with four equally spaced slight ridges, the top has a more rounded shape to it.
History Of Use
For beating tapa cloth (masi)
Item History
- Made in Viti Levu, Fiji before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
Who
- Culture
- Fijian
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Viti Levu, Fiji
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 54
- Accession Number
- 2191/0852