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: RECTANGULAR PIECE OF WHITE BARK CLOTH WITH RUBBED ON "UPETI" (design board or tablet) DESIGN IN REDDISH-BROWN, AND HAVING FAIRLY WIDE WHITE UNDECORATED BORDERS ON ALL FOUR SIDES. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO OLD SHIPPING LABEL READS, "BOX NO. TRUNK L". EXAMINED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MR. K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, GAVE US THIS INFORMATION, 6/24/41: PLAIN TAPA, 'UPETI DESIGN OF PLAINEST SORT, NO PAINTING. FROM SAMOA. WHITE BORDER"
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2958-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 160 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 130 cm