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: WHITE BARK CLOTH WITH REDDISH-BROWN, RUBBED ON, "UPETI" (design board or tablet) DESIGN WITH A NUMBER OF PAINTED REDDISH-BROWN DOTS INTERSPERSED WITHIN THE "UPETI" DESIGN. THERE ARE WHITE BORDERS ON THREE SIDES, ONE NARROW AND TWO BROAD. THE BROAD BORDERS HAVE THREE TRIANGLE DESIGN NEAR THE EDGES. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THIS IS A CUT SECTION OF A MUCH LARGER CEREMONIAL TAPA.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "UPETI DESIGN. 16 TO 17" WHITE BORDER AT EACH END AND 5" BORDER ALONG ONE SIDE, WHITE. THE END BORDERS HAVE 3 FLAT TRIANGLES, RUBBED. NO FRINGE. THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY MR. K. P. EMORY, 6/24/41. MR. EMORY TOOK SAMPLE OF THIS TAPA."
label: Notes
content: Border design resembling multiple check marks is centipede leg design per Regina Meredith, American Samoa.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Aug 2023
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: E3433-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 142 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 221.5 cm