Sales catalogue: Glendining

Date:: 21 January 1935

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/8/213

Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Glendining. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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(Museum Collection of Bark Cloth Weaters and Cloth Grom the South Seas, Mort§ West Mmerica, ete, Jmplomente, Lot 12) Tappa beater of heavy wood, from Fiji, and an- 13; Two others from SAMOA and NEW HEBRIDES 14 Rare beater, from the Hawaiian Islands, and an- other from the LOYALTY ISLANDS »/ 15, Another almost round Hawaii, and an exceptionally eh a massive TAHITI beater 16 Rare Tahiti Beater with printing,stamp at end © — 17 Mallet of sago palm wood, from the Kikori, North East New Guinea interior, and another of black wood, from South-East New Guinea Coast é 18 Finely polished dark red wood mallet, from the SOLOMON Group, and a Tongan one with very fine grooves on one side 19° Fiji roller, used in making tappa cloth, a bamboo —_—_L cylinder surface cut into grooves | 20 New Zealand Stone Pounder (tuki muka) for bpaie ing the fibres of flax on a flat stone made of black volcanic stone (Kara) carved with a mask at end 21 New Zealand bark mallet, formerly used for beating bark of “hinau’ (Eleocarpus dentatus). This ancient specimen was found in a swamp 22} Two Maori bark beaters, one finely carved of Sarawak 24 Congo wood bark cloth beater, rare , %! 25 |// Massive ivory beater, from Belgian Congo