Bark Cloth, Colored
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Cadwalader Ringgold
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: Long, narrow masi cloth with red, cross-hatch border designs which end in white fringe tags. The central portions consist of alternating black and white sections side by side, with cross-hatching in black on one side and groups of three lines on the other, two black & one red. The sections towards the borders are black with ten broad black bands, which are divided down the center by a negative white space with red lines. Has a paper tag: "C. Ringgold, Ex Porpoise [brig USS Porpoise was one of the ships used on the U.S. Exploring Expedition] - Loma Loma".
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "4388-4402. CAT. 4391, ORIG. ? TAPA MALO [MAN'S LOINCLOTH], 22" X 44' FIJI ORIG. LABEL: "C. RINGOLD, EX. EX. PORPOIS,...LOMALOMA..F..." FRINGING TABS TOWARDS ENDS. VERY SMALL SAMPLE TAKEN BY K. P. EMORY 6/24/41."
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: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lomaloma (not certain), Vanua Balavu Island (not certain) / Lomaloma (not certain), Lau Islands (not certain), 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: E4391-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 56 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 13 m
label: Length - Object
content: 1410 cm