Turban Of Soft White Tapa
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1465 -1566 as ""Sara". Bark cloth of fine texture worn by men of the Fiji Islands as Turbans." For an example of such turbans in use, see plate in "NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION, CHARLES WILKES, 1845, VOL. III, AFTER P. 58.
label: Notes
content: VERY FINE THIN WHITE BARK CLOTH, PREVIOUSLY FOLDED IN ACCORDION FOLDS, BUT THIS PIECE HAS BEEN OPENED. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3295-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Turban