Bark Cloth (Ngatu)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Mar 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1969 to 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Mary V. Trent
label: Donor Name
content: Mary V. Trent
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE RECTANGULAR PIECE OF TAPA OR BARKCLOTH (NGATU) MADE FROM OVERLAPPING PIECES W/ SERIES OF REPEATED FREE-HAND PAINTED DESIGNS ON ONE-SIDE, OTHER UNDECORATED. DESIGN IN BLACK PIGMENT USED FOR LINES AND BROWN PIGMENT USED FOR BACKGROUND.TAPA HAS 10 BANDS OF DESIGNS DIVIDED IN 4 BLOCKS ALONG ITS WIDTH. MOTIFS MIRROR EACH OTHER, SO OUTER-MOST BANDS ARE THE SAME, ETC. DOWN CENTER IS NON-REPEATED BAND DIVIDED INTO 4 SECTIONS W/ EACH 1 COMPOSED OF 6 SQUARES. EACH SQUARE HAS 1 OF 2 ALTERNATING DESIGNS:(1) 4 CROSSING LEAVES; (2) SERIES OF SQUARES W/IN SQUAROVERLAPPING 4 TRIANGLES. MOVING FROM OUTSIDE BANDS INWARDS: (1) UNDYED BACKGROUND W/ DECORATIVE SASH AND A NUMBER, EACH SQUARE HAS DIFFERENT NUMBER FROM 32 TO 35; (2) TONGA COAT OF ARMS (SILA O TONGA); (3) LIGHT-BROWN DYED BACKGROUND W/ DOVE OF PEACE OVER DECORATIVE SASH AND 3 DOTS; (4) 2 NORFOLK PINES ALONG ROAD W/ MOON, SUN AND STAR IN SKY (HALA PAINI); (5) BRITISH ROYAL LION, DECORATIVE SASH AND 3 DOTS. ALONG ONE LENGTH-WISE EDGE OF BACK OF BARKCLOTH IS CLOTH STITCHED W/ YELLOW THREAD.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Jun 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416128
label: USNM Number
content: E428756-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 373.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 180 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 0.3 cm