Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Robert E. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE PIECE OF PLAIN WHITE BARK CLOTH, A BIT COARSER AND THICKER THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS. COMPLETELY UNDECORATED, AND HAVING NO FRINGE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: Long rectangular tapa with no applied decoration. It appears to be made of two layers beaten together. There are four sections of tapa, joined by enclosing one end between the two layers of another end. There are areas of very thinly beaten sections.
label: Notes
content: This large tapa is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2973-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 616 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 61 cm