Barkcloth "Ngatu"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Oct 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1979
name: label: Donor Name
content: Carl Wolz (deceased)
notes: label: Notes
content: Adrienne Kaeppler, Curator of Oceania Ethnology, says this design is "Fakamaluokatea, said to represent 'Katea's sun shade in the form of an umbrella.' Katea was a high ranking female chiefly ancestor to the present King. Also, the design of Tokelau Feletoa, said to represent the sennit housepost lashings in the house of 'Ulukalala, chief of the island of Vava'u. Both designs are specifically from the northern island of Vava'u"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Vava'u Island, Vava'u Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2032779
label: USNM Number
content: E430815-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 193 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 404 cm