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Pitt Rivers Museum

1930.62.5

Carved wooden barkcloth beater. Cylindrical handle which widens at one end and is badly damaged. At this same end there is a hole which the head slots through. The head is cylindrical, and one of its faces is carved with lines. [EH [OPS Move] 30/3/2017]


1930.62.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Carved wooden barkcloth beater. Cylindrical handle which widens at one end and is badly damaged. At this same end there is a hole which the head slots through. The head is cylindrical, and one of its faces is carved with lines. [EH [OPS Move] 30/3/2017]
Geographical reference
Person
Field collector D.F. Stowell
PRM source D.F. Stowell
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1930
Date collected
By 1930
Acquisition information
Donated: 1930
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Grooved, Process Carved
Dimensions
Width: max 255 mm, Length: max 355 mm, Depth: max 58 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1930.62.5

Search terms: Barkcloth, Tool, Hammer, Beater