Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Augustus L. Case
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE PIECE OF OILED BARK CLOTH, WHICH IS ORANGE-BROWN IN COLOR DECORATED WITH BLACK PARALLEL LINES WHICH CONTAIN SERIES OF DIAGONAL LINES ALSO IN BLACK. THE BARK CLOTH IS VERY THIN AND CONTAINS NO WATER MARK. AT THE EDGES IS A 10 CM. TO 14 CM. BORDER OF DIAGONALLY CROSSED LINES. THE S.I. CATALOGUE NUMBER IS WRITTEN ON A TAG ATTACHED TO THE PIECE, THERE IS NO IDENTIFYING NUMBER ON THE CLOTH.
label: Notes
content: Per Erhardt, W. D. and N. Firnhaber. "Analysis and Identification of Oils in Hawaiian Oiled Tapa." In Recent Advances in the Conservation and Analysis of Artifacts. Ed: James Black, London: University of London, Summer School Press, 1987, pp. 223 - 227, the oils on this tapa were most likely derived from the kukui nut.
label: Notes
content: Tapa appears to be an "oiled" tapa. Texture is very smooth; there is a kind of translucency through the material; and it handles with more body and flow and without a soft texture. The color is a mottled red and yellow, which is considered typical of oiled tapa (at least an aged oiled tapa). Longitudinal black stripes are drawn lengthwise and are spaced equidistant apart. Between each stripe are narrow bands of parallel stripes at 90 degree angles to the heavier long black stripes. The borders on each narrow end are made of cross hatch designs. Although the catalog card states there is a water mark, there does not appear to be one. A corner has been cut out, possibly due to sampling done by Kenneth P. Emory of the Bishop Museum in 1941?
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3601-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 316 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 95 cm