RARE 18TH CENTURY PRE CONTACT KAUILA WOOD HAWAII KAPA BEATER - NO RESERVE

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RARE 18TH CENTURY PRE CONTACT KAUILA WOOD HAWAII KAPA BEATER - NO RESERVE:
$731.00

RARE 18TH CENTURY PRE CONTACT KAUILA WOOD HAWAII KAPA BEATER - !

This extremely rare pre contact Hawaiian Kapa Beater was used for the making of Kapa Cloth. This stone carved artifact was made from rare Hawaii Kauila Wood.

This piece dates back to the 18th century and comes from an important East Coast Collection! These artifacts almost never surface, do not miss your opportunity to acquire such a rare piece! Read more about I‘e Kuku Kapa Beaters below!

About I‘e Kuku Beater (Arts and Crafts of Hawaii by Sir Peter Buck):\"The second type of beater, termed i‘e kuku, used in the second process of beating, had a quadrangular blade with four surfaces of equal width. The handle was trimmed on the round, and narrowed gradually from the blade junction to end in a blunt point. The edges formed by trimming down the wood are not smoothed out and this characteristic, together with the narrow pointed end, is typical of Hawaiian beaters and distinguished them from other Polynesian beaters, which have the handles smoothes on the round and usually flared at the end.\"
Approximately 14\" inches length
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