- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone barkcloth beater, ovan in form and section. One side is incised with a grid of squares. [JC [OPS Move] 31/3/2017]
- Geographical reference
- New Britain Bismarck Archipelago South-west Coast Kandrian (Moewehafen) Alomos Village
- Cultural groups
- Arawe
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 08/1937
- Date collected
- 17 June 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 49 mm, Length: max 129 mm, Width: max 71 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.1232 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1164
- Research and responses
Short part of collector's cine film shows barkcloth being made and decorated. [CK 09 06 1997]
Note: Alomos village is the name used by the collector. This village may have moved, may no longer exist or the name could have subsequently changed. [CK 05 09 1997]
1938.36.1232
Stone barkcloth beater, ovan in form and section. One side is incised with a grid of squares. [JC [OPS Move] 31/3/2017]
1938.36.1232
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