- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Hatu ahehane, stone barkcloth beater.
- Long description
- Hatu ahehane, barkcloth beater made of hard stone with nine incised lines on its working side. The stone comprises half a complete barkcloth beater. It is long, narrow and dark grey in colour.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Nuaulu
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 00/00/1971
- Date collected
- 00/00/1971
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 14 August 2024
- Dimensions
- Width 55 mm, Length 155 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2024.20.68 Other numbers: 1971.399
- Research and responses
Ellen, Nuaulu Religious Practices, pp. 135-6'.
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