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: LARGE PIECE OF WHITE BARK CLOTH WITH BROWN RUBBED ON DESIGNS FROM A "UPETI" DESIGN BOARD. THE BARK CLOTH HAS WIDE WHITE BORDERS ON THREE SIDES. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE; ALSO OLD SHIPPING TAG READS, "B[ARRE]L NO 1 TAPA FROM SAMOA NOV 1839, RECD JUNE 18 1840 VIA BOSTON [SHIP]". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD 2959-69X: " 2959-69. CAT.# 2966, ORIG.# 1039?."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ORIG. LABEL GLUED ON: "BL. NO. 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV. 1839, RECD. JUNE 18, 1840, VIA BOSTON" BROWN UPETI DESIGN. THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, 6/24/41. MR. EMORY TOOK VERY SMALL SAMPLE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2966-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 296 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 156 cm