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: BARK CLOTH PAINTED FREEHAND IN A DARK BROWN COLOR OVER MOST OF THE PIECE WITH BORDERS ON TWO SIDES CONSISTING OF GEOMETRIC PATTERNS USING BLACK AND BROWN PAINT OVER THE WHITE BARK CLOTH BACKGROUND. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG 1011; ALSO AN OLD SHIPPING LABEL READS, "B[ARRE]L NO 1 TAPA FROM SAMOA NOV. 1839 REC. JUNE 18 1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3439-51. CAT. 3446, ORIG. 1011. TAPA, 3'10" X 5'2". GLAZED. SAMOA. ORIG. LABEL: "BL. NO. 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV. 1839, RECD. JANUE OR JUNE 18, 1840, VIA BOSTON." VERY SMALL SAMPLE TAKEN BY K.P.EMORY, 6/24/41."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3446-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 164.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 124 cm