- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cotton beater made from rattan twisted to form heart shape at one end, and bound in places with bands of plaited cane. [FB 14/08/2014]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1981
- Date collected
- 1 November 1981
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1982
- Materials and processes
- Material Rattan Fibre Plant, Material Pigment, Material Cane Plant, Process Twisted, Process Plaited, Process Stained, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Length: max 610 mm, Width: max 93 mm, Depth: max 15 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1982.8.13
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