Bark Cloth "Ngatu"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Feb 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1960's
name: label: Collector
content: Elizabeth B. Heffernan
label: Donor Name
content: Elizabeth B. Heffernan
notes: label: Notes
content: CONSTRUCTED OF OVERLAPPING PIECES OF BEATEN, SOAKED, FELTED FIBERS. PASTED TOGETHER IN TWO LAYERS OF THICKNESS. BROWN STAINED SURFACE IS ORNAMENTED WITH BLACK GEOMETRIC AND CURVILINEAR DESIGNS COMBINED WITH PLANT MOTIFS. AT EITHER END IS A SECTION APPROX. 35 CM. WIDE WHICH IS UNSTAINED EXCEPT FOR THE NUMBERS: 35, 36, 37, 38 - EACH APPEARING ONCE, REGULARLY SPACED ALONG THE EDGE OF THE PIECE. USED AS A PRESENTATION PIECE AT MARRIAGES, FUNERALS, AND OTHER RITUALS. IDENTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED BY ADRIENNE KAEPPLER, CURATOR, DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: 387112
label: USNM Number
content: E425646-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 410 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 194 cm