Barkcloth (Ngatu)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Apr 2010
label: Collection Date
content: 1990 to 2009
name: label: Collector
content: Frank Parrott
label: Donor Name
content: Frank Parrott
notes: label: Notes
content: Large painted barkcloth. Main section is painted with a medium brown background and black triangle motifs. Sides have various motifs in grid pattern. Ends have natural color background, with large diamonds (or X pattern?) and floral/vine (?) motif. Purchased by the donor in the Washington, D.C. area, sometime between 1990-2009. Adrienne Kaeppler, curator of Oceania ethnology, says that the primary design is "tapatolu" (the triangle motifs in the center), and the others are manulua (in the border), fata (in the border), and kahoa (half-circle motif around the inside border). Made for use as a ceremonial presentation.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Sep 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: District of Columbia, Tonga / United States, Polynesia / North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2051871
label: USNM Number
content: E433019-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: ca. 422 cm
label: Width
content: ca. 284 cm