Tapa Cloth (In 5 Sheets)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Dec 1929
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. James T. Russell
label: Donor Name
content: James T. Russell Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: According to the donor, this tapa was made for Queen Ka'ahumanu (Kamahameha I's wife) by her court maids (see accession history).
label: Notes
content: Consists of 5 layers, all watermarked, sewn together with kapa. Top layer includes red cloth beaten in and printed designs; every other non-printed stripe has dark pieces of material beaten in. Layers 2 - 5 are natural with printed designs.
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)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 108115
label: USNM Number
content: E299679-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth