Hawaiian Kapa Beater, I'e kuku, early 19th century, second-stage beater, with all four flat faces finely grooved, with tapering, cylindrical handle, paper label attached, "I'e kuku or cloth mallet," lg. 16 1/2 in.

Provenance: Leo and Lillian Fortess collection, Honolulu, Hawaii; Christie's, London, June 21, 1977, lot 143; The James Hooper Collection, Arundel, Sussex, UK, number 305; Acquired from the Leeds Literary and Philosophical Society; Rev. C. G. Williamson, in the Hawaiian Islands, 1866-70.

Literature: Steven Hooper, Art and Artifacts of the Pacific, Africa, and the Americas: The James Hooper Collection, 1976, number 305, page 78.

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