Tapa Or Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TAPA, NARROW STRIP, ORNAMENTED, FRINGED ON EDGES. FIGURED BY H.W. KRIEGER, DESIGN AREAS IN OCEANIA, PLS. 8,9, 1932, USNM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 79, ARTICLE 30. (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM 6/24/41)." On exhibit 1962 - 2005 in NMNH Pacific Cultures Exhibit Hall 8, Case 2.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1411 - 1434 as: "Masi". Cloth made of bark, worn by the men of the Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: Long length of bark cloth with fringes on all sides, formed from diagonal cuts into cloth. Stamped design in brown and black.
label: Notes
content: This object 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: E3272-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 15 m
label: Width - Object
content: 68 cm