Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1435 - 1456 as "Ngatu." Bark cloth prepared for curtains by the natives of the Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: #1 of 3 and # 2 of 3 are two pieces of bark cloth with a rubbed, brown upeti (design board or tablet) design with large painted black dots. #3 of 3 is a piece of black and red/brown painted bark cloth.
label: Notes
content: Portions were exchanged with Yale and Illinois. Similar but do not appear to be all from one piece. One piece was located at Yale University, 1984, Peabody Museum Catalogue # 14992. Another piece at Illinois State Museum, 1983, Catalogue No. 801/875.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
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: E5102-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - #1 Of 3
content: 95.5 cm
label: Width - #1 Of 3
content: 69.3 cm
label: Length - #2 Of 3
content: 98.3 cm
label: Width - #2 Of 3
content: 68 cm
label: Length - #3 Of 3
content: 97.5 cm
label: Width - #3 Of 3
content: 58.5 cm