Tapa beater

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The tapa beater, utilized by Pacific cultures for centuries to craft traditional bark cloth called tapa, is primarily manufactured in Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji; it's also produced in Java, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Hawaii. In 2009, the tool was incorporated into Massey University Wellington, New Zealand's art project series "Ghosts in the Form of Gifts." This series won the 2010 Award for Open Source in the Arts (NZ). Conceived by Bronwyn Holloway-Smith and Vik Olliver, it comprises replicas of artifacts imagined as lost, hidden, or misregistered during the Museum of New Zealand's tenure at Buckle St. The objects were created through drawing, digital 3D rendering, and printing with RepRap. The digital files for these artifacts are available under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license for educational reuse, and searching "Ghosts in the form of gifts" tags can reveal other series' objects.