Bark Cloth Poncho
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: PONCHO, "TIPUTA" WITH A DESIGN PAINTED FREEHAND OVER BLACK BACKGROUND OF ALTERNATING RED AND YELLOW RECTANGLES. THE MAIN BLACK FIELD IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS BY THREE RED STRIPES. TWO BORDERS HAVE A PAINTED PATTERN WHICH SEEMS TO IMITATE WEAVING. THERE IS A TRIANGULAR FRINGE ON TWO SIDES, AND A RECTANGULAR FRINGE ON THE OTHER TWO. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO OLD GLUED ON SHIPPING LABEL READS, "B[ARRE]L NO. 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV 1839 RECD JUNE 18-1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89. LENT TO THE FIELD MUSEUM 2/11/1980, RETURNED 8/26/1983.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3423-3431. CAT. 3430, ORIG. 1002. TAPA, 3'6" X 4'9". SAMOA. TIPUTA NECK SLIT, 12" LONG. GLAZED. WHITE DENTATED BORDER STAINED YELLOW (BORDER 2" WIDE ALL AROUND PIECE.) ORIG. LABEL: "BL. NO. 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV. 1839". SMALL SAMPLE TAKEN BY K.P. EMORY, 6/24/41."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: American Samoa (not certain), Samoa (not certain) / United States (not certain), Polynesia
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: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3430-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 144 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 112 cm