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: EXTREMELY LONG FIJIAN BARK CLOTH DECORATED USING ROLLER IMPRESSIONS, WITH ALTERNATING BLOCKS OF WHITE DECORATED WITH REDDISH BROWN AND BLACK LINES, AND GREY BLOCKS WHICH ARE LINED IN ALTERNATING CROSS-HATCHING AND HEAVY BLACK BARS IN GROUPS OF SIX. AT SOME PARTS OF THE "MASI" THERE ARE NARROW CENTRAL RED LINES. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86, AND SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89, AS PART OF THE COSTUME OFTHE FIJIAN "RIBBON MAN."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "2970-71. THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FROM SAMOA, ACCORDING TO PEALE CATALOG."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "2971 A. THIN WHITE TAPA. BLACK AND REDDISH-BROWN PATTERN. SMALL SAMPLE TAKEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, WHO ALSO GAVE US THIS INFORMATION. 6/24/41."
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: E2971-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 21 m
label: Width - Object
content: 60 cm