Bark Cloth (Siapo)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Mar 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1969 to 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Mary V. Trent
label: Donor Name
content: Mary V. Trent
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR PIECE OF TAPA OR BARKCLOTH (SIAPO) W/ FREE-HAND PAINTED DESIGNS ON 1 SIDE, OTHER UNDECORATED. DESIGNS IN HEAVY BROWNISH-BLACK RESINOUS GLAZE FOUND ON DECORATED SAMOAN BARKCLOTH PAINTED W/ BLACK DYE FROM LAMA NUT KERNELS OR CHARCOAL MIXED W/ 'O'A SAP (SEE NEICH R. AND M. PENDERGRAST (1997) TRADITIONAL TAPA TEXTILES OF THE PACIFIC. AUCKLAND: THAMES AND HUDSON). CENTER OF BARKCLOTH IS A CIRCLE W/ 8 POINTS, SURRONDING THIS IS A SQUARE W/ BIRDS PERCHED ON BRANCH IN SQUARE'S 4 CORNERS. ALONG OUTSIDE EDGE OF PIECE ARE SERIES OF RIGHT TRIANGLES W/PAINTED STRIPES. BETWEEN THIS DESIGN AND EDGE OF CLOTH ARE SERIES OF DARK TRIANGLES. ALL EMPTY SPACES OF THE CLOTH ARE COVERED IN BROWNISH-BLACK DYE. DOWN THE CENTER OF THE BARKCLOTH LENGHTWISE IS A CREASE. BARKCLOTH HAS BEEN ROLLED AND IS STIFF.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Samoan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416128
label: USNM Number
content: E428755-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 109 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 89 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 0.3 cm