FMNH 137676.nosub[1]

  • 137676 clam shell beater for tapa (bark cloth)
    Photographer: John G. Maniatis
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Catalog Number: 137676.nosub[1]
Description: beater for tapa (bark cloth)
Materials: shell; clam, wax, wood
Accession Number: [1113] Joseph N. Field South Pacific Expedition - Ethnological Expedition to Fiji Islands - ethnology, 1909-1913 (Expedition)
Accession Year: 1913
Other Numbers: 5552
District/County: New Britain
City/Town: Nakanoi Coast
Collector/Source: Joseph N. Field South Pacific Expedition - Ethnological Expedition to Fiji Islands - ethnology, 1909-1913, Albert B. Lewis
EMu IRN: 1039637
GUID: b7b96bd7-fa03-4f54-b8f8-d4766a977e16

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