Artifact Number:
 B.09069

Object:
Drum stick
auta

Material:
 plant (wood)

Dimensions:
 

Origin:
 Manua, Samoa, Polynesia

Comments:
 The 'auta or striker is a short piece of wood used to play the slit drum (pate). Island group now known as American Samoa.



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