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Bark Cloth Beater (Ike Ni Masi), 19th to early 20th Century Somosomo, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Gr…
Bark Cloth Beater (Ike Ni Masi)
Bark Cloth Beater (Ike Ni Masi), 19th to early 20th Century Somosomo, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Gr…
Bark Cloth Beater (Ike Ni Masi), 19th to early 20th Century Somosomo, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Group, Lomaiviti Province, Fiji Wood; 13 × 2 × 2 in. 98.84.5 Gift of Kristine Moe Shelton and Olise M. Mandat

Bark Cloth Beater (Ike Ni Masi)

ClassificationsTools and Equipment-beaters
Datelate 19th to early 20th Century
Made AtLomaiviti Province, Fiji
Collection SiteLomaiviti Province, Fiji
MediumWood
Dimensions13 1/4 × 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 in., 28.75 oz. (33.7 × 5.4 × 5.4 cm, 0.815 kg.)
Credit LineGift of Kristine Moe Shelton and Olise M. Mandat
Object number98.84.5
DescriptionBarkcloth beaters were heavy sticks used to pound paper mulberry bark into a flat textile which could be printed on. As was standard with these beaters, three of the sides were grooved, and the final side was flat to smoothen the cloth after beating it. This pounder is likely from the town of Somosomo on the Fijian island of Gau.
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