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1887.1.571

Wooden barkcloth beater with plain cylindrical handle expanding into a large square-sectioned head which is grooved longitudinally on three faces. Between the head and handle is a carved zig-zag collar, bellow which is a dotted reticulated diamond pattern. [JC [OPS Move] 28/3/2017]


1887.1.571

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden barkcloth beater with plain cylindrical handle expanding into a large square-sectioned head which is grooved longitudinally on three faces. Between the head and handle is a carved zig-zag collar, bellow which is a dotted reticulated diamond pattern. [JC [OPS Move] 28/3/2017]
Geographical reference
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1872
Date collected
By 1872
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Grooved, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions
Width: max 72 mm, Length: max 335 mm, Depth: max 68 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1887.1.571
Research and responses

The George Rolleston Archive (Ashmolean Museum) has several letters from W.G. Lawes that were sent to George Rolleston, together with lists of objects sent to the University Museum by Lawes. Copies of these are now in the RDF. [AS 13/03/2012]

Search terms: Barkcloth, Tool, Beater