Bark Cloth Poncho
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: PAINTED BARK CLOTH WITH A SLIT IN THE CENTER. PRESUMABLY WORN LIKE A PONCHO, KENNETH P. EMORY (BISHOP MUSEUM), REFERRED TO IT AS A "TIPUTA," THE SAMOAN NAME FOR THIS GARMENT. THE DESIGN IS ALTERNATING BROAD BANDS OF LIGHT AND DARK REDDISH BROWN WITH BANDS OF BLACK TRIANGLES ARRANGED POINT TO POINT RESEMBLING BOW-TIES. THE REVERSE OF THE GARMENT SHOWS PARALLEL LINES, INDENTED INTO THE FABRIC AND SLIGHTLY COLORED FROM THE PAINT WHICH SEEPED THROUGH FROM THE DECORATED SIDE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; AND PATENT OFFICE LABEL, "B[ARRE]L. NO 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA NOV 1839 RECD JUNE 18, 1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED (A SMALL SQUARE) BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TIPUTA. SLIT 12" LONG IN MIDDLE, PLAIN SLIT. ORIG. LABEL: "BL. NO. 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV. 1839, RECD. JUNE 18, 1840, VIA BOSTON". SMALL SAMPLE TAKEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, WHO ALSO GAVE US THIS INFORMATION, 6/24/41."
label: Notes
content: Triangle designs identified as trochus shell design by Regina Meredith of American Samoa, siapo (tapa) maker, artist, and teacher.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3434-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 164 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 105 cm