Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3822 FIJI'. [typed:] Raki Raki, Rakiraki district. Viti Levu. Ra province. Mallet for beating tapa. "elaborately carved and used by women of chieftain relationship.' [stamped in blue ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '18/4'. [typed:] '1923 H81'. [added in pencil:] 'H 376'. [stamped in black ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 18'. A small round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 3822. RAKI RAKI. RA PROVINCE. VITI LEVU. Mallet for beating tapa. "Elaborately carved and used by women of chieftain relationship". Show Case number 18. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '18/4'. [added in pencil:] '1923 H 81' and 'H 376'.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Mallet for beating tapa. "Elaborately carved and used by women of chieftian relationship."
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Barkcloth beater carved from a solid piece of medium-brown wood. The beater is rectangular in section with a pyramidal top. Each side shows a different pattern: 1) 9 longitudinal lines; 2) 8 longitudinal lines; 3) 9 longitudinal lines; 4) rectangular panels of varying sizes carved with bands of zigzags, concentric semi-circles and bands of triangle. Each corner of the beater is carved with a longitudinal band of zigzags. There is a carved collar marking the transition between the beater and the handle. On the three sides carved with longitudinal grooves, the collar is carved with a large serrated triangle and a chevron containing carved triangles. On the decorated side of the beater, the collar is left un-decorated. Underneath the collar, on the three grooved sides, there is a carved design formed of a concentric circle with four pairs of legs. The handle is circular in section with a slightly convex butt. It is carved with horizontal bands of little squares interrupted by two undecorated vertical bands. 'Z. 3822' and '1923.H81.' inscribed in white ink on the handle. 'Z. 3822' inscribed in white ink on the butt.
Event Date 22/10/2011
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge MAA, 7 June 2013 - 19 April 2014.
Event Date 25/4/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden