Beater

This beater (’auta) was used to play the slit drum. Larger slit drums would require two beaters. Collected by Rev. John Marriott between 1878 and 1904.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
129/1972/5b
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Musical instruments
Collection Area Region
POLYN
Material
hard wood
Common Name
beater
Simple Name
beater
Production Country
Samoa, Independent State of
Production Year Low
1878
Production Year High
1904

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slit drum beater