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 IN A LIGHT REDDISH- BROWN BACKGROUND WITH TWO BANDS OF LARGE BLACK DIAMONDS DIVIDING THE BACKGROUND INTO THIRDS. IN THE CENTER ARE ALSO DIAMOND MOTIFS BUT THESE ARE PAINTED USING DOTTED LINES. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO OLD SHIPPING TAG READS, "B[ARRE]L. NO. 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NOV. 1839, REC. JUNE 1840". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "BL. NO. 1, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NO. 1839, REC. J. 18, 1840". GLAZED ON ONE SIDE, BLACK DESIGN ON RED-BROWN. THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41. MR. EMORY ALSO TOOK SMALL SAMPLE."
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3444-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 181 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 144 cm