Tapa (Bark cloth) Beater, Hawaii, Polynesia, Early 20th century (Gift of Mr. Kuboki Takeo)
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 13
November 19, 2019 (Tue) - February 16, 2020 (Sun)
The wisdom used in daily life in the South Pacific is shown through the items on display, such as limestone mallets for grinding potatoes which were a staple food, blades made from pearl oysters to grate coconut pulp, and fabric made from pounded tree bark.
Current exhibit includes:
Tapa (Bark cloth) Beater, Hawaii, Polynesia, Early 20th century (Gift of Mr. Kuboki Takeo)
Tapa (Bark cloth), Fiji Islands, Melanesia, Second half of 19th–early 20th century