Accession No
E 1902.197
Description
Stone pounder or barkcloth beater consisting of a stone ground into an elongated oval, one face bearing grooves disposed in an oblong panel.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; ?Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Ruddock, David (Reverend) [field collector]; Froude, Robert Edmund [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1902.197; MAA: Z 6783
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
60mm x 175mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
An old museum label glued to the catalogue card reads: '1902.197 / Barkcloth beater / ?Solomon Is. / (Ruddock Coll.) / *R.E. Froude, Esq.' in brown ink and [added later:] 'Z 6783' in black ink. 'E.1902.197' inscribed on the object in white ink. 'Z 6733' [note the wrond IDNO] inscribed in white ink on the object.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 6783: 'Stone pounder or possibly bark cloth beater'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for E 1902.197: 'Bark-cloth beater' and [added later:] 'consisting of a stone ground into an elongated oval, one face bearing grooves disposed in an oblong panel'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (References)
Illustrated in Lucie Carreau. 2016. Collections from the Solomon Islands. Cambridge: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.13275, p.26.
Event Date 2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:269000
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