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 OF "MAMAKI" DECORATED WITH RAW SIENNA STRIPES OF VARYING WIDTHS PAINTED ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE TAPA. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3600-10. #3603: MADE FROM THE BARK OF THE PAPER MULBERRY AND ORNAMENTED WITH LINES OF BROWN PAINT. THIS CLOTH IS MANUFACTURED BY THE WOMEN, WHO PLACE THE BARK, AFTER SOAKING IT IN WATER UNTIL IT IS SOFTENED, UPON A LOG, AND BEAT IT OUT THIN WITH WOODEN MALLETS. BEFORE BEATING THEY SCRAPE THE BARK WITH RUDE [sic] SHELL INSTRUMENTS TO REMOVE THE OUTER SKIN."
label: Notes
content: There is a native repair of beaten fibers running horizontally across half the tapa 87 cm from one end. Both ends appear to have been cut from a longer piece of tapa.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2024
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: E3603-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 180 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 395 cm