Bark Cloth
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: Bark cloth, masi. Large piece of heavy, white, undercorated bark cloth. This Peale number has been arbitrarily assigned to this catalogue number for purposes of identification.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3286-92. 1 PIECE EACH."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1411 - 1434 as: "Masi". Cloth made of bark, worn by the men of the Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: Undecorated tapa with cut fringe on long sides. Fringe elements each approximately 1.5 cm x .75 cm. in size.
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, 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: E3287-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 282 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 71 cm