Belt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: George W. Hammersly
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG, NARROW, BARK CLOTH BELT WHICH HAS BEEN FOLDED AND SEWN TOGETHER WITH A REDDISH-BROWN THREAD. THE CENTRAL PORTION IS COVERED WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS DONE WITH THREAD. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. OLD EXHIBITION LABEL READS, "BELTS (3)THIN NARROW BANDS OF NATIVE CLOTH, 'TAPA' MADE FROM THE INNER BARK OF THE PAPER MULBERRY TREE - COLLECTED BY G.W. HAMMERSLEY AND MR. W.S. SPEIDEN." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NARROW, WOVEN OF BANANA FIBER."
label: Notes
content: Narrow belt of tapa, embroidered with brown and red threads in wavy pattern. Only middle section (58 cm.) is embroidered. Tapa is folded along two long edges, forming open seam on "wrong" side. Edges of belt are finished with a red fringe made from same fiber as embroidery.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Aug 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pohnpei Island (not certain), Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micronesian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5698-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 109 cm
label: Width - Object, Without Fringe
content: 35 cm