beaters (striking tools)

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Scope note
Tools used to pound, hammer, or tap materials to be flattened or mashed. The term is extended in particular to wooden tools used to pound the bark or bast of trees in the manufacture of bark cloth in African and Oceanic cultures.
beaters
Accepted term: 13-May-2024