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 PAINTED FREEHAND MOSTLY BLACK IN THE CENTER, AND HAVING WIDE REDDISH-BROWN BORDERS. THERE ARE ALSO SMALL LIGHT BROWN TRIANGLES ALONG THE BORDERS AND IN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AREA. THE REVERSE IS RIBBED AND A BRIGHT TURMERIC COLOR. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO AN OLD SHIPPING LABEL 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: "BL. NO. 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV. 1839, RECD. JUNE 18, 1840 VIA BOSTON". YELLOWISH ON BACK. ALL THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41. MR. EMORY ALSO TOOK SMALL SAMPLE."
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "2959-69. CAT. # 2963, ORIG. # 1021."
label: Notes
content: Stored in Pod 4 oversize whole unit. Advance arrangements are needed for access.
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: E2963-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 175.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 136 cm