Tapa
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Sep 2014
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 - 1971
name: label: Donor Name
content: Col. John C. McKay
notes: label: Notes
content: Tapa, with alternating panels along the width, with symbols. In the center are two strips with writing on them. The tapa was given to Col. John C. McKay in 1970 or 1971 by GySgt. Napoleon, USMC, in Samoa, while Col. McKay was in the hospital recovering from wounds received in the Vietnam War. GySgt. Napoleon said the cloth had been in his family for many years. The tapa was made in the village of Kolovai, Tonga, according to Dr Adrienne Kaeppler, who identified it by the bat in the corner square.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kolovai, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2066589
label: USNM Number
content: E436948-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Tapa
content: 435 cm
label: Width - Tapa
content: 224 cm