FMNH 135459.nosub[1]

  • 135459 ike, wood beater for masi / tapa bark cloth
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  • 39918 ike, wood beater for masi / tapa bark cloth
    Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
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    Description: Tapa Beaters [tool]
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    Scanner: Allison Coates : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Emily England : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 51-37 | Country: Fiji. | Locality: Kadavu | People: | Stock. | Name: Iki :- wooden club (4 sided + grooved) used in beating masi ["masi" underlined]. See 135458 | Collection: J. N. Field Expedition, A. B. Lewis, Collector, 1909-1913. | Notes: | Width: | Length: | Height: | Price: | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 135459 | ENT | C10 | Acc. 1113 | [ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] |
Catalog Number: 135459.nosub[1]
Description: beater for tapa (bark cloth)
Materials: wood
Cultural Attribution: Fijian
Time Period: 1909-1913
Accession Number: [1113] Joseph N. Field South Pacific Expedition - Ethnological Expedition to Fiji Islands - ethnology, 1909-1913 (Expedition)
Accession Year: 1913
Other Numbers: C10, 107464, 683.25
Collector/Source: Joseph N. Field South Pacific Expedition - Ethnological Expedition to Fiji Islands - ethnology, 1909-1913, Albert B. Lewis
EMu IRN: 1036595
GUID: 09d4c029-ff07-43e7-aab4-11467e0d410e

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