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: BARK CLOTH PAINTED FREE HAND IN AN ALL-OVER DESIGN CONSISTING OF SQUARES COMPOSED OF BLACK AND RED TRIANGLES.THE TRIANGLES ARE ARRANGED POINT TO POINT SO THAT THEY FORM SQUARES. THE RED TRIANGLES HAVE BLACK LINES WITHIN THEM, AND THERE ARE TWO WIDE RED BORDERS. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO OLD SHIPPING LABEL READS, "B[ARRE]L NO 3 TAPA FROM SAMOA NOV 1839". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "2951-57. CAT. 2951, ORIG. 1024. TAPA, 4'11" X 6'2". GLAZED. "BL. NO. 3, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV. 1839." (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41.) CAT. NO. 2951, ORIG. NO. 1024."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2951-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 195.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 157 cm