Bark Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS OBJECT HAD BEEN CATALOGUED AS ET9336, BUT HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER SINCE IT WAS MISSING INVENTORY DATA.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1411 - 1434 as: "Masi". Cloth made of bark, worn by the men of the Fiji Islands."
label: Notes
content: Long, narrow bark cloth decorated mostly in black.
label: Notes
content: Barkcloth decoration: 8 broad black stripes alternate with narrow black stripes over cross-hatch. One end has 28 cm. brown section and dentated fringe. One additional 23 cm brown section about 1/4 of way from other end; other end has no border.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Mar 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5103-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 1020 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 65 cm