Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Robert E. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: BARK CLOTH PAINTED FREEHAND IN A CHECKERBOARD PATTERN WITH TWO REDDISH-BROWN BORDERS. THE SQUARES COMPRISING THE CHECKERBOARD ARE ALTERNATELY REDDISH-BROWN AND AN OCHRE COLOR. THE OCHRE SQUARES ARE ALSO CROSS- HATCHED IN BLACK, AND THE REVERSE SIDE IS A BRIGHT YELLOWISH TURMERIC COLOR WITH CROSS-HATCHED WATERMARK. AN OLD SHIPPING READS, "R.E. JOHNSON, NO. 6 EX EX B[OX] 32". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "GLAZED, HAS DESIGN. TAG: "R.E. JOHNSON NO.6". (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41.)"
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: E3445-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 180 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 136 cm