Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Cadwalader Ringgold
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: ENORMOUS BARK CLOTH WITH BROWN RUBBED ON "UPETI" (design board or tablet) DESIGNS WHICH ARE EMBELLISHED BY LINES AND DOTS PAINTED FREEHAND. THE BORDERS ARE STENCIL DESIGNS ENDING IN A CUT TRIANGULAR FRINGE. THIS IS A VERY FINE PIECE, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THIS BARK CLOTH WAS CATALOGUED AS ET9346, BUT WAS IDENTIFIED BY ITS ORIGINAL PEALE AND S.I. CATALOGUE NUMBERS. ACCORDING TO THE OLD CATALOGUE CARD, THE ORIGINAL LABEL READ, "C. RINGOLD, EX EX PORPOISE [brig USS Porpoise was one of the ships used on the U.S. Exploring Expedition], 7 TAPA CLOTHS AND 1 FEMALE DRESS"; "MUSQUITO NATIVE CURTAIN, ONE FEMALE WAIST CLOTH, ONEATA". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3837-8. CAT. 3838, ORIG. 1046. 14'2" X 28', TAPA, LAU ISLANDS, ONEATA. ORIGINAL LABELS: "C. RINGOLD, EX EX PORPOISE, 7 TAPA CLOTHS AND 1 FEMALE DRESS" "MUSQUITO NATIVE CURTAIN, ONE FEMALE WAIST CLOTH, FROM ONEATA." (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, 6/24/41, WHO ALSO TOOK VERY SMALL SAMPLE.)"
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Oneata Island, Lau Islands, Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian, Lauan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3838-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 977 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 438 cm