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 MOSTLY IN A GLOSSY BLACK WITH BROAD REDDISH-BROWN BORDERS. THE REVERSE SHOWS A WIDE WATERMARK OF PARALLEL LINES WHICH APPEAR IN RELIEF BECAUSE OF THE PAINT SEEPAGE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO A PART OF A DETACHED TAG READS, "...CLOTH 1008", AND WRITTEN ON BACK IN PENCIL, "CASE 23, 2ND". EXAMINED AND SAMPLED BY KENNETH P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, JUNE 1941.
label: Notes
content: . FROM CARD: "ORIG. LABEL: "B[ARRE]L. NO. 3, TAPA FROM SAMOA, NO. 1839". GLAZED BLACK, BROWN BORDERS AT EACH END, AS PER SAMPLE. THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K. P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41. MR. EMORY ALSO TOOK SMALL SAMPLE."
label: Notes
content: Three layer thick and fairly stiff barkcloth having wide bands of black pigment along center of tapa with narrower bands of reddish/brown pigment along the top and bottom border. Surface has gloss-like finish. Parallel beater marks are evident except at bottom edge.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3443-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 190 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 155.5 cm