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: LONG NARROW BARK CLOTH WITH THE DECORATION EXECUTED ENTIRELY IN ROLLER IMPRESSED LINES OF GREY AND BLACK WITH SOME RED AT THE EDGES AND BORDERS, ALSO DESIGN HAS A RED TINGE. THE SIDES ARE FRINGED AS IS ONE END. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO "U.S. EX EX COLLECTED BY LIEUT. R.E. JOHNSON, BUNDLE NO 2". THIS OBJECT WAS CATALOGUED AS T-9342, AND WAS IDENTIFIED BY ITS ORIGINAL PEALE NUMBER.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FROM SAMOA, ACCORDING TO PEALE CATALOG."
label: Notes
content: Bark cloth is thinly beaten and is a long and narrow length that is made from the joining of six sections, evidenced by distinct overlapping seams (more prominent on the back side). It appears that it may have been longer than what it currently is because there is an overlapped seam at the edge of one of the short ends (the short end without the long fringe). This edge appears torn. Bark cloth has been elaborately decorated on the top side with closely and regularly spaced lines (stripes) in black shiny pigment that run widthwise across the piece. In this striped decoration there are occasional areas of checker boarding (where short black lines run perpendicular to the main design). The long sides of the bark cloth have regularly spaced short fringe that are decorated with stripes in brick red pigment that also run widthwise. One of the short ends has regularly spaced long fringe pigmented black on one side and purplish red on the other. The back side of the bark cloth is medium gray in color overall with some bleed-through of pigments that were applied to the top side.
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: E2970-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 554 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 48 cm