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: FIVE STRIPS OF FINE LIGHT TAN BARK CLOTH WITH A DOUBLE TRIANGLE WATERMARK. EACH STRIP HAS DESIGNS PAINTED OR STAMPED IN HALF CIRCLES. "3487" WRITTEN ON THE BARK CLOTH AND "NEW GUINEA" IS WRITTEN ON ONE PIECE. OLD TAG READS, "3487 NATIVE CLOTH, NEW GUINEA, K.P. EMORY,1940". THESE LOOK MUCH LIKE THE OTHER HAWAIIAN PIECES - THE NEW GUINEA IDENTIFICATION IS AN ERROR.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3483-89. CAT. 3487. ORIG. 844. TAPA. HILO, HAWAII. SAMPLE TAKEN BY K.P. EMORY, 6/24/41.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue for numbers 838 to 846 identifies them as "Tapa," cloth made of bark; printed and colored in imitation of foreign patterns by natives of Kauai, Hawaiian Islands."
label: Notes
content: Five individual lengths of tapa, all with same designs of probable cut bamboo ends, forming repeated connected semi-circles. These designs are a dark brown color. Tapa is watermarked with diamond patterns with a central line through the diamond. The water/beater mark is also evident through touch. The pieces do not appear to have edges that connect to one another.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii (Hawaiʻi), United States, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hawaiian (Kanaka ʻŌiwi, Kanaka Maoli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3487-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Each
content: ca. 25 cm
label: Width - Each
content: ca. 11 cm