Samoan tapa (Siapo in Samoa) piece
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Feb 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 2006
name: label: Collector
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
label: Donor Name
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
notes: label: Notes
content: Described by donor: "White tapa with dark brown/black dye star image imprint done on board (upeti)." "Paper mulberry fiber; blood tree o'a (Bishopfia javanica) dye & soot mixture." "Image is imprinted by laying cloth over a pattern block & rubbing the block with a wad of pigmented tapa or an arrowroot tuber; pattern gradually emerges on the tapa cloth... Acquired by [donor JT Chapman-Mason] from visiting Fijian-Indian vendor who lives in South Auckland, New Zealand."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2069807
label: USNM Number
content: E433818-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 38 cm
label: Width
content: 36 cm