Piece Of Tapa, Sulphur Yellow
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Oct 1874
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Major William Rich
label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: Prof Spencer F. Baird
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INVENTORIED 1975."
label: Notes
content: Catalogued as just Polynesian; attributed/stored as Hawaiian. Watermarked.
label: Notes
content: Rectangular piece of bark cloth that is very thin and has a uniform overall yellow color on both sides, presumably dyed with olena (turmeric). There are no applied pigmented designs. All edges appear to be scissor cut.
label: Notes
content: Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler identifies this as of Hawaiian manufacture.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Polynesian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 74A00057
label: USNM Number
content: E15089-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 158 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 89 cm