"Tapa Beater - Papua New Guinea"
Tapa beater, Massim culture, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. This type of beater was used for the first phase of tapa preparation which consisted of pounding the bark of the ad hoc tree in order to obtain a plant fabric. REGION: Papua New Guinea MATERIAL: Wood PERIOD: early 20th century DIMENSION: 31cm 
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