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: RECTANGULAR SECTION OF COARSE BARK CLOTH THAT APPEARS TO BE CUT FROM A LARGER PIECE, THAT IS PAINTED FREEHAND IN BLACK, BROWN AND REDDISH-BROWN. THE DESIGN CONSISTS OF A CHECKERBOARD WITH ALTERNATING SQUARES OF BLACK AND LIGHT BROWN. THE LIGHT BROWN SQUARES ARE DIVIDED INTO FOUR TRIANGLES BY MEANS OF BLACK LINES, AND TWO OF THE TRIANGLES HAVE LINES THROUGH THEM, AND TWO HAVE A SINGLE BLACK DOT. THERE IS ONE RED BORDER, THE OTHER SIDE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CUT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO A PAPER LABEL ON REVERSE READS, "SPECIMEN OF NATIVE CLOTH ISLAND OLOOSINGA, NAVIGATOR GROUP". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MR. KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, GAVE INFORMATION BELOW, 6/24/41: TAPA, GLAZED. OLOSENGA IS., NAVIGATOR GROUP, SAMOA. MR. EMORY TOOK VERY SMALL SAMPLE. 6/24/41."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Olosega Island, Manu'a Islands, American Samoa, United States, 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: E2949-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 183 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 104 cm