Turbans Of Soft White Tapa
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Cadwalader Ringgold
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "3293-97. CAT. 3293, ORIG. 1500 PLUS 1. TURBAN OF SOFT WHITE, VERY THIN, TAPA. "'SARA'. BARK CLOTH OF FINE TEXTURE WORN BY MEN OF FIJI ISLANDS." (THIS INFORMATION GIVEN BY K.P. EMORY, BISHOP MUSEUM, 6/24/41)."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1465 -1566 as ""Sara". Bark cloth of fine texture worn by men of the Fiji Islands as Turbans." For an example of such turbans in use, see plate in "NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION, CHARLES WILKES, 1845, VOL. III, AFTER P. 58.
label: Notes
content: Fringed on long sides. One short side has a dentated edge.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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: E3293-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Turban
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 70 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.5 cm