Strip of Paper Mulberry Bast
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 2010
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
notes: label: Notes
content: Coil of strip paper mulberry bast, dried after harvesting. This bast still has the outer bark (hiapo). It was purchased in the central market in Nuku'alofa, Tonga for the Smithsonian Tapa Conservation Project, and is to be used for future sampling and experimentation.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu Island, Tongatapu Group, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2071953
label: USNM Number
content: E436916-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Width - Bast
content: 5 cm
label: Circumference - Bast
content: 9.5 cm