Barkcloth Purse
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Aug 2003
label: Collection Date
content: 1990
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Barkcloth purse from Tonga, collected there in 1990 by Curator of Oceania Ethnology Adrienne Kaeppler. She says that this basket is a tourist piece.
label: Notes
content: Purse made from a piece of barkcloth painted with geometric and stylized designs. Folded and machine sewn to make a rectangular pouch. Lined with dark brown commercial cotton cloth. One handle made from a bamboo stick, and the other is a loop of the same fabric used for the lining.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: 2029766
label: USNM Number
content: E431599-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Purse
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 35 cm
label: Maximum Height - Not Including Handles
content: 27 cm