Small piece of barkcloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Jan 2006
label: Collection Date
content: Nov 2004
name: label: Collector
content: Ann Kaupp
label: Donor Name
content: Ann Kaupp
notes: label: Notes
content: Rectangular piece of barkcloth, painted with geometric design. Red lines, outlined in black lines, again outlined with black dotted lines. Several very small barkcloth patches attached to back; holes do not appear to be from wear, but rather from manufacturing defects in the cloth.
label: Notes
content: Collector's notes: "I purchased the tapa for around $25 at a village situated along the shore nearby Tufi, Papua New Guinea, in November 2004. This village is in walking distance (a good walk) to the Tufi Dive Resort. The village headman was named Davidson, an impressive man...This village by the sea had a tourist business which accomodated our group for a night or two. One morning, a few people from this and nearby villages came to display their tapa and shell jewelry. As you can see, this piece has a number of small patches from wear..." (see accession file).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tufi, Northern, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papuan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2037277
label: USNM Number
content: E431903-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: ca. 117.5 cm
label: Width
content: ca. 49 cm