Tapa Cloth, Turbans
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FOUND IN THE COLLECTIONS WITHOUT A MUSEUM CATALOGUE NUMBER. GIVEN # ET9335-0 FOR TRACKING PURPOSES. TAPA CLOTH WORN AROUND HEAD LIKE TURBAN. One had Peale # 1488 and was changed to # E3294. As of 2006, there are 4 objects remaining in this T number. It is probable these are U.S. Exploring Expedition/Wilkes collection? For an example of such turbans in use, see plate in "NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION, CHARLES WILKES, 1845, VOL. III, AFTER P. 58.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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: ET9335-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Turban