Cloth-Beater
Cloth-Beater
Object name: Cloth-Beater
Date: 1775-1829
Dimensions:
436 x 43 mm
Medium: Casuarina wood.
Object number: C03071
DescriptionBeater used to pound soft tree bark into wide strips to make barkcloth. The inner bark of the paper mulberry tree is usually used for the best quality barkcloth. The bark is soaked and beaten over a wooden anvil to spread it into thin strips. The strips are then glued or felted together to make larger sheets. The decreasing size of the grooves on the beater sides are used progressively as the bark thins and spreads.
Collected by the missionary George Bennet during his visit to the Pacific on behalf of the the London Missionary Society, 1821- 1829. Hawaii.
Collected by the missionary George Bennet during his visit to the Pacific on behalf of the the London Missionary Society, 1821- 1829. Hawaii.
Culture: Oceania