Tapa Native Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Jan 1867
label: Collection Date
content: Ca 1840
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. John H. Aulick
label: Donor Name
content: John Varden
notes: label: Notes
content: From card for E5469 through E5471: Inventoried 1975. These specimens may include the following three pieces listed in John Varden's Washington Museum (original catalog in Smithsonian Archives) as: "A piece of cloth made by the South Sea Islanders." Received by Varden from "Mrs. Jane Mcwilliams", in "1835". / "Piece of cloth made from the bark of a tree and worn by the men as a headdress" received by Varden from "Kerby S. Woodward", in "May 1839". / " A ladies dress and all that is worn by the Fegee ladies.", received by "Kerby S. Woodward" in May 1839". / Note: other than cat. no. 5471, these are only tapa specimens listed in original Varden catalog. - Oct. 25, 1951 (J.C. Ewers).
label: Notes
content: An old label in John Varden's hand is with this artifact: "Cloth made from the bark of a tree by the natives of the Marquesas Island. Presented by Captn. [John H.] Aulick Sept 1840."
label: Notes
content: White; watermarked.
label: Notes
content: Old label identifies it as Marquesas, and Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler, 2011, identifies this as probably Marquesas as well.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Marquesas Islands, France, 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: 68A00002
label: USNM Number
content: E5470-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth