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2024.20.69

Hatu ahehane, stone barkcloth beater.

2024.20.69

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hatu ahehane, stone barkcloth beater.
Long description
Hatu ahehane, barkcloth beater made of hard stone with twenty eight incised lines on its working side. The beater is long, narrow and dark grey in colour.
Geographical reference
Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia
Cultural groups
Nuaulu
Person
PRM source Roy Ellen
Field collector Roy Ellen
Date / Period
Date made: Before 20/02/1970
Date collected
20/02/1970
Acquisition information
Donated: 14 August 2024
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Incised, Process Carved
Dimensions
Width 55 mm, Length 215 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2024.20.69 Other numbers: 1970.29
Research and responses

Ellen, Nuaulu Religious Practices, pp. 135-6'.

Search terms: Tool, Barkcloth, Stone, Beater

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