Tapa Or Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. William L. Maury
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: PEALE NUMBER 1418 WAS FOUND IN THE COLLECTIONS WITHOUT A CATALOGUE NUMBER AND WAS GIVEN T-9338. IT THEN LOST ITS T # TAG AND WAS GIVEN T-23357. IT HAS BEEN ASSIGNED CATALOGUE NUMBER 3288 SINCE 3288 WAS MISSING INVENTORY DATA.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3286-92. 1 PIECE EACH."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1411 - 1434 as: "Masi". Cloth made of bark, worn by the men of the Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: Beaten bark cloth, cream colored background with black-brown triangular design painted on one side. Fringe along both sides has been cut from tapa body. Collected by Lt. William Lewis Maury, U.S. Brig Porpoise.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jul 2015
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: E3288-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 514 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 60 cm