Bark Cloth Tapa
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: Formerly on exhibit 1962 - 2004 in NMNH Pacific Cultures Exhibit Hall 8, case 40 where exhibit label identified as: "Chief's dress. This tapa was wrapped around the waist, with the ends forming a train. The length varied according to rank, and a king's dress sometimes was 180 yards long."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1410 as: "Masi" worn by Fiji chiefs - the length is proportioned to the rank of the wearer."
label: Notes
content: Long strip of bark cloth with fringes on all sides. Fringes made by cutting at an angle on the long sides and a zig-zag pattern on the short ends. Painted in black and red, free hand and block printed. Has original Peale # label.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji (not certain), Melanesia (not certain)
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: E3452-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 768 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 50 cm