Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Augustus L. Case
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE PIECE OF BARK CLOTH, "KAPA MOE" OR "KAPA MO'E" (USED FOR A BED COVERING / SLEEPING BLANKET) WHICH IS REDDISH-PINK IN COLOR CREATED BY BEATING RED EUROPEAN THREADS INTO THE BARK CLOTH. THE CLOTH HAS A FISH-EYE WATERMARK. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO A TAG READS, "A. LUDLOW CASE, NO. 35, VINCENS EXPD." EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3521-33*. INVENTORIED 1975. CAT. 3522, ORIG. 823. TAPA, LARGE SHEET OF KAPA MOE, PLAIN. HAWAII. ORIG. LABEL: "A LUDLOW CASE, VINCENS EXPT." SAMPLE TAKEN BY K. P. EMORY, 6/24/41."
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
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: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3522-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 246 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 336 cm